Woman gives birth three hours after finding she was pregnant

A hairdresser gave birth to a baby girl - just three hours after being told she was pregnant by doctors. Belinda Waite, 21, had been to her local hospital several times during the past nine months and says she was told she had a severe case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and gout. In fact she was pregnant with a healthy baby girl who arrived a month ago.

Miss Waite, known as Billy, from Bampton, Devon, said:"You read about these stories in magazines but you never think they happen to real people and I certainly never thought it would happen to me." Miss Waite was staying with her partner Wyane Boyles, 28, when she unexpectedly went into labour.



Their baby daughter Louise Boyles was born at home weighing 8lb 14oz, delivered by Wayne's mum Syliva. Miss Waite said: "It was obviously a hugh shock for us all but you have to get on with these things and we are really enjoying it."

She said she had not felt well for some months before the surprise birth. "I did feel like something was moving inside me as the months went on. But I never considered I was pregnant and it doesn't seem to have crossed the doctors' minds."