“Her Belly Grew, Her Periods Stayed—The Pregnancy That Defied Every Rule”
“Her Belly Grew, Her Periods Stayed—The Pregnancy That Defied Every Rule”
Every month, Lillian Marsh dutifully tracked her period. She prided herself on her clockwork cycles—until her abdomen started expanding noticeably around her fourth cycle, and yet she still bled normally each month. Convinced it was a hormonal imbalance, she sought help for suspected fibroids or cysts.
Multiple gynecological exams and ultrasounds baffled her doctors: the scans showed what looked like endometrial lining shedding, and no sign of a fetus. But the bloating continued, and then came subtle flutters she couldn’t dismiss. At eight months, during a particularly heavy “period” that nearly doubled in flow, Lillian collapsed at work from pain and was rushed to the hospital. A rapid scan finally revealed the truth—she had been carrying a baby girl all along, with her placenta periodically bleeding and mimicking menstruation.
Lillian delivered a healthy, albeit petite, infant who required two weeks in the neonatal unit. Both mother and daughter thrived, and Lillian now speaks at conferences about “bleeding pregnancies,” advocating for greater awareness that menstrual-like bleeding does not always rule out pregnancy.
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