'I didn't know I was pregnant... I just thought it was period pains': Size 10 woman who went to hospital with a sore back is stunned to GIVE BIRTH to baby boy just hours later

World 1 April, 2014 15:39

A size 10 party girl discharged from hospital when doctors were unable to find the cause of her back pain was stunned when she gave birth just hours later.

Sophie Aldridge, 20, had no idea she was pregnant when she woke in the middle of the night with severe back ache which she put down to period pains.

But when her condition deteriorated the next day, her mother took her to hospital. There, she was given an anti-sickness injection and sleeping pills before being sent home.

Surprise: Sophie Aldridge, 20, had no idea she was pregnant when she woke in the middle of the night with severe back ache. Her son Thomas was born just hours later

Shortly after arriving back home the pain became unbearable and she was rushed back to hospital by ambulance.

Paramedics then dropped the bombshell that she was actually in labour - and less than half an hour after arriving at A&E, she gave birth to baby Thomas.

Miss Aldridge, from Dover, Kent, had no idea she was expecting. She had remained in her size 10 clothes and carried on partying with her friends.

Miss Thomas, who works as a carer and currently lives with her parents, said: 'My period was due that day so I assumed that was why I was having such bad pains.

'I know it might sound really stupid to some people, but I literally had no idea I was pregnant - I didn’t have any symptoms.

Slim: Miss Aldridge (in the red skirt) when she was eight months pregnant and (right) at seven months. Because she had no idea she was expecting, she continued to drink throughout her pregnancy

'I didn’t get morning sickness, I stayed wearing my size ten clothes, I had regular periods throughout the pregnancy and I didn’t have any cravings.

'I was still wearing crop-tops and mini skirts, I didn’t have a bump or anything.

'Because I had no idea I was pregnant, I was still going out and getting drunk with my friends.

'So to give birth there and then, like I did, was absolutely terrifying. It was a big shock to everyone when I suddenly arrived home with a baby.'

'Miracle': Miss Aldridge had thought her back pain was period pain - but then her waters broke and baby Thomas arrived half an hour later

Miss Aldridge said: 'I know it might sound really stupid to some people, but I literally had no idea I was pregnant - I didn't have any symptoms'

Miss Aldridge had no idea anything was wrong until November last year when she woke up in the early hours of the morning with crippling back pains.

After calling 111, her mother took her to William Harvey Hospital in Ashford where she was dismissed with painkillers.

But the pain became too much just hours after returning home and she was taken by ambulance back to the hospital.

While in transit, Sophie told a paramedic she thought she had wet herself and they quickly realised her waters had broken.

She said: 'Everything was just so quick I didn’t really have time to gauge what was happening. I was only in labour for 30 minutes.

Unprepared: 'When I came home from hospital my friends and family had come together and donated nearly everything me and Thomas needed, which was so kind', said Miss Aldridge

She added that friends and family members couldn’t believe it when she arrived home with her 5lbs 8oz son.

Without even a nappy in her possession, family and friends quickly whipped around to ensure mother and baby had everything they needed.

'When I gave birth I didn’t even have a nappy to my name, let alone, clothes or a pram or cot.

'When I came home from hospital my friends and family had come together and donated nearly everything me and Thomas needed, which was so kind.

'In a way, I’m so glad it all happened - I wouldn’t change Thomas for the world now. I like to call him my little miracle.'