Baby-Anchors Aweigh

Started by quiller, September 14, 2016, 07:02:08 AM

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quiller

Here's today's all-new Navy at work...

QuoteA U.S. Navy sailor unexpectedly gave birth to a baby girl aboard an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf involved in military operations against the Islamic State.

A Navy spokesman told the Virginia Pilot on Monday that the sailor had complained of abdominal pains and was checked into the medical department on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, where she later gave birth to a 7-pound girl.

Both the sailor and her daughter are "healthy and doing well," said Cmdr. Bill Urban, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command spokesman. The chain of command was not informed of the pregnancy and it remains unclear whether the sailor knew she was pregnant prior to giving birth.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/navy-sailor-gives-birth-baby-girl-aircraft-carrier/

Golly! I can remember making jokes when women nurses were assigned to the hospital ship U.S.S. Hope---and got pregnant despite being nurses supposedly knowing how NOT to get that way.

At least they were smart enough to know they were pregnant. This dim bulb? Not so much.

tac

How the hell could any woman NOT know she was pregnant? Did she think the big belly was from eating too many donuts?  :rolleyes:

quiller

Quote from: tac on September 14, 2016, 07:14:56 AM
How the hell could any woman NOT know she was pregnant? Did she think the big belly was from eating too many donuts?  :rolleyes:
Men can surmise but only women can tell for sure: body-chemistry changes alone should tip her off, though not every woman experiences morning sickness, and irregular menstruation could throw her off if she's not paying even a fraction of attention. It's the ones who miss even that
who worry me. What details would they miss on their jobs?

Weight-gain during pregnancy COULD have been minimized, to avoid being noticed as "fat," but that would have harmed the same baby she CLAIMS she didn't know she carried. If I were her skipper, the doctors would be examining that baby for signs of prenatal malnourishment.