Do You Know About Cryptic Pregnancy?

• 30/03/2022
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Sometimes women get pregnant but they don’t know about their pregnancy. In that case, pregnancy is called cryptic pregnancy or stealth pregnancy. Although cryptic pregnancy is very rare it can be a condition in which, someone is hoping to be pregnant and becomes convinced that she is, even after getting a negative report of urine or blood test. There can be different reasons even after seven months of pregnancy. To make sure about your situation, you must consult the Best Gynecologist in Chandigarh.

Symptoms of Cryptic Pregnancy

When a woman has a cryptic pregnancy, she is unaware of her pregnancy for a very long time even after missing her period because usually her pregnancy test comes negative. They may misunderstand and take the early pregnancy nausea as stomach flu or infection. Sometimes low-level pregnancy hormones are very mild and difficult to notice. So, a pregnant woman feels that everything is normal because when hormones fluctuate that leads to slight bleeding and it is considered a period.

Causes of Cryptic Pregnancy

Although there are lots of causes behind cryptic pregnancy some of the main causes of this pregnancy are that are forced to believe that you are fine and there is no pregnancy.

• Lack of Pregnancy Symptoms: – Different women can have different pregnancy symptoms. Some women don’t have symptoms like nausea, pelvic cramping, lower back pain, or enlarged abdominal areas and due to this; they don’t notice that they can get pregnant.
• Irregular Menstrual Cycle: – Some women have irregular menstrual cycles or cycles longer than 28 days so in that case, it is difficult to identify whether you have missed the period or it will take more days to come.
• PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome): – Due to PCOS, you can have imbalanced hormones that throw off ovulation. So you can have an unexpected pregnancy that may go unnoticed.
• Recent Pregnancy: – If you just had a baby then it is common to miss the period for some months due to breastfeeding or any other reasons. But during this period, one can also get pregnant and pregnancy symptoms may not be clear due to recent delivery.
• No Prominent Baby Bump: – Baby bump doesn’t appear in obese or overweight people because of their health. Some women don’t gain much weight and begin to show baby bump in their later pregnancy.
• Birth Control Pills: – People who take birth control pills, become confident that they cannot have a pregnancy and due to this, they may ignore the signs of pregnancy.
• Age and Fertility Issues: – Sometimes, pregnancy symptoms are similar to early menopause symptoms, so someone can be confused between both of them. If you struggled with fertility issues in your past then it can be quite difficult to believe that you can be pregnant without making much effort.
• Athletic Activity: – A sportswoman can miss the periods for months due to athletic activity and can be unaware of pregnancy.

Different views on Cryptic Pregnancy

If a person is not known of her pregnancy then she will also not take proper care of herself what a pregnant woman should do. So, different people have different experiences related to this condition. Out of which some are described below, such as:

• Lack of prenatal care, poor diet and other things can be causes of preterm labor or birth.
• It is difficult to say that how long a cryptic pregnancy can last because there is no perfect data on it. People are unaware of their pregnancy and they don’t know when their pregnancy begins. They only can tell when their pregnancy ended.
• It is also difficult to tell how different a stealth pregnancy is from a normal pregnancy in terms of length.
• From the evidence of Anecdotal, it can be said that it can be longer than a typical pregnancy if it has very low levels of hormones in the beginning.

Inconclusive Ultrasound

Sometimes an ultrasound machine becomes unable to find a growing fetus in the right place. So, if a person is having a negative pregnancy report due to cryptic pregnancy then it is possible to get a negative ultrasound report again because of different reasons such as:

• Shape of uterus
• Error in the ultrasound machine
• Irregularity in where the embryo is placed

Labour and Delivery after Cryptic Pregnancy

The process of labour and delivery after cryptic pregnancy is quite similar to normal pregnancy. You can feel severe cramps during stretching the cervix to deliver the baby but when the cervix is dilated then your body will similarly push the baby out to the birth canal. The only difference is, you don’t expect it at all.

For more information on cryptic pregnancy, you can consult the most experienced and knowledgeable Gynecologist in Chandigarh who is all time available for her patients. Either you can directly visit her clinic i.e. Dr. Ahuja Clinic, or make an appointment by calling +91-6284862829.