One woman from Georgia, USA is currently dealing with the surprise of her life after she was rushed into hospital for kidney stones and emerged a new mother.

It seems Stephanie Jaegers and her husband Michael were unaware they were actually expecting a baby, so when their son Shaun was birthed instead of a bunch of kidney stones, it's fair to say it was a bit of a shock.

Michael was so in the dark about his wife's condition that he posted on Facebook asking his friends to "please pray for Stephanie" when she complained of abdominal pain so severe she had to be admitted to hospital. "I'll take as many as I can possibly get," he wrote, adding: "More details when I've got time to explain."

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You can probably imagine the shock for Michael's Facebook followers to learn just a few hours later that the worrying health condition Stephanie was enduring was actually a little thing called pregnancy. Surprise!

Baby Shaun Jude Jaegers was born that day, weighing just over 7 lbs. "We are both still in complete shock over the events of the last few hours and appreciate the prayers and well wishes," Michael wrote in the Facebook announcement. "Now to fit 9 months of pre-planning into 2 days!"

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If you're wondering - as many will be - how on earth the couple managed to miss the fact that they were expecting, Michael explained that in a third Facebook post.

"Steph was diagnosed with pre-menopause awhile back which would justify the hormone imbalance also associated with a pregnancy," he wrote, adding that "Shaun was also breech throughout the entire pregnancy which prevented him from moving around to indicate to Steph that he was in there."

The baby's position in the womb also mean that Stephanie's baby bump wasn't at all obvious.

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"The most bizarre part is she continued to have a menstrual cycle, which the hospital tells us is rare, but can happen. Lastly, Steph broke her ankle a couple of weeks ago and was laid up for the last couple of weeks limiting her movements. All of this together ruled out in our minds even the remote possibility of a pregnancy."

To be fair, that is a series of insanely coincidental factors, so you can understand how they missed the pregnancy. Congratulations to the couple on their imminent thrusting into the world of parenthood.

[H/T Someecards]

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Catriona Harvey-Jenner Digital Features Editor Cat is Cosmopolitan UK's features editor covering women's issues, health and current affairs.

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