Annie Arnell had known that she
was pregnant for at least three months before she plucked up courage to attend
the Antenatal Clinic. She knew she
should have gone sooner but had a morbid fear of hospitals. She'd had her appendix out as a child and now, even the smell of antiseptic was enough to induce a panic attack. As a result she'd suffered her troublesome
early morning nausea and sickness in silence. She hadn't even consulted her own doctor
despite her husband’s entreaties.
Sue, the midwife welcomed her new
patient to the Clinic, introduced herself and then, and after initial
pleasantries, got down to the business of assessing Annie’s condition. She discovered that, by dates, Annie was already
20 weeks pregnant. Sue gently chided her for not coming sooner.
However there was
nothing in the history or examination to suggest anything was amiss and in due
course an ultrasound scan was performed. This suggested that Annie’s baby was a
girl but also that she was at least 24 weeks pregnant.
‘Do you and your husband want to
know the sex of your baby,’ she was asked.
‘Yes please.’
‘Absolutely. It will be so much
easier if we know.’ came the reply.
‘Well, it looks very much as if you’re
going to have a girl, but she seems more advanced than 20 weeks. Are you sure
of your dates?’
Yes, absolutely sure.’
‘Well, we’ll scan you again in
about four weeks. We'll be certain of your baby’s sex by then and will
also have a better idea when we can expect the baby to arrive.
A month later, another scan was
performed. It was confirmed that
the baby was a girl, but equally there was no doubt
that the pregnancy was at least four weeks more advanced than Annie had thought.
When told, Annie became pale and
looked shocked.
“Oh my God,’ she said. ‘I’ve gone
and married the wrong man!”
Quotation of the week
If men had to have babies, they
would only ever have one each.
Diana, Princess of Wales 1961- 1997
You can follow Peter on Twitter @medical_stories
Extract from a doctor’s letter to
a colleague; Between you and me, we ought
to be able to get this lady pregnant.
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