১৫ ডিসেম্বর, ২০০৯

"Chilean Olympic weightlifter Elizabeth Poblete has given birth to a baby boy during a training session, without having known she was pregnant."

She did notice that she wasn't feeling too well.

৩৭টি মন্তব্য:

নামহীন বলেছেন...

Please tell me it was NOT when she was practicing squats.

Michael Haz বলেছেন...

How can a woman not know that she is pregnant?

Bissage বলেছেন...

She would have never had this problem had she perfected the clean and jerk before moving on to the snatch.

Hoosier Daddy বলেছেন...

Oh yeah, I'd hit that.

NotWhoIUsedtoBe বলেছেন...

I doubt she was having a period. Really athletic women don't. And the weight gain might not have been significant.

What effect do birth control pills have on muscle mass? At that level of competition is it significant?

bearbee বলেছেন...

YouTube

JohnAnnArbor বলেছেন...

Wonder if her muscles surrounding her lower torso were so strong the baby couldn't grow beyond a certain size.

Not to mention the pressure weightlifting causes.

Adele Mundy বলেছেন...

See garage, I told you so.

It happens all the time.

Ron বলেছেন...

She done gone Peggy Olsen on us!

Automatic_Wing বলেছেন...

Oh yeah, I'd hit that.

Is that you, Tiger?

traditionalguy বলেছেন...

I blame the York Bar Bells which act as aphrodesiacs.

Moose বলেছেন...

I'm trying to figure out where "reproductive freedom" comes into play here. Must be an angle somewhere...

Hoosier Daddy বলেছেন...

Is that you, Tiger?

No. Mrs. Hoosier does call me Panda sometimes.

Unknown বলেছেন...

LarsPorsena said...

Please tell me it was NOT when she was practicing squats.

According to the Old Testament, that's the best time.

Bissage said...

She would have never had this problem had she perfected the clean and jerk before moving on to the snatch.

Don't let Mrs. hear you say that.

Wince বলেছেন...

Actually, I was more surprised to I learn Russian weightlifter Alexiev wasn't pregnant.

Skyler বলেছেন...

The only appropriate comments to make are, Congratulations! and -- I hope the baby and mother are doing well.

careen বলেছেন...

@Michael

Heavy exercise can cause your cycle to stop, so she might actually have an excuse.

Lem the artificially intelligent বলেছেন...

Her Chilean doctor advised her to stay off the Mexican chiles.

AllenS বলেছেন...

I've lifted really heavy objects before, and shit my pants. So, it can happen.

Pete the Streak বলেছেন...

Sigh.

Does no one insulate anymore?

MochaLite বলেছেন...

Yes, female athletes can stop having periods, but still ... talk about being out of touch with your own body!!

Eric বলেছেন...

Yes, female athletes can stop having periods, but still ... talk about being out of touch with your own body!!

Yeah. From the picture she doesn't look like one of those 500 pound gals who wouldn't notice the extra weight. Plus, what about morning sickness, kicks to the bladder, and just, you know, the shape of her abdomen?

Is it really that she didn't know or that she refused to face it?

themightypuck বলেছেন...

Well done Bissage. Very well done.

DADvocate বলেছেন...

Bet that's one strong baby.

How can a woman not know that she is pregnant?

I've known of several cases. Usually large and/or heavy women. A friend of mine was a receptionist at a doctor's office and a girl, who didn't know she was pregant, gave birth in the waiting room.

Simon Kenton বলেছেন...

We had a receptionist with a doctorate somewhere in the liberal arts, equipped initially with a husband and mother-in-law who stayed at home supervising the soaps all day. She was obese. In fact, pretty close to OBESE. In addition to husband and mother-in-law she filled their tiny apartment with a surprise baby which presented as gastric distress until the very last moment. Or at least, so she averred. You hear a lot about these female oddities - virgin births, pregnancies circling about in the astral plane and alighting on singularly unhappy women who have no idea whatever that anything is up - and some of these tales seem to contravene the laws of nature. Speaking as a male, while a good deal of this is so facially improbable it makes one wonder about hysterically-induced self-delusion, I fall back on the quasi-Latin quasi-sanskit dictum I have taught my sons:

De yonibus nil nisi bonum.

david7134 বলেছেন...

As a doc I have seen a number of women who delivered yet did not know they were pregnant. Almost every time they were extremely obese. In this case you would assume the woman in thin or at least in good shape. Thus I can not understand how she did not have a protuberant abdomen. That is unless she had an underweight child secondary to her diet. As to periods, most women who are very thin or very fat do not have regular periods.

Lem the artificially intelligent বলেছেন...

I read of a woman that not only didn't she know she had been pregnant she carried the dead baby in her womb for years.

btw I just heard Oral Roberts got the come "home" call he dreaded ;)

Unknown বলেছেন...

She could be the star of the crazy show, I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant.

Eric বলেছেন...

That is unless she had an underweight child secondary to her diet. As to periods, most women who are very thin or very fat do not have regular periods.

According to the article the baby was three months premature and weighed just 2 1/2 pounds. So I guess that makes it a bit more believable.

Penny বলেছেন...

PatCA, I saw that show a few times. Obviously this happens way more than we think or they wouldn't commit to a cable series about it.

Fred4Pres বলেছেন...

The wild part was the little guy then got up and spotted her.

Her "vitamins" were very powerful!

JC বলেছেন...

Guys can be stoopid and not know. This woman is evidently too oblivious to own her own body.

Mary বলেছেন...
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Wince বলেছেন...

Paging Andrew Sullivan.

Paging Andrew Sullivan.

vnjagvet বলেছেন...

I guess she will never have to worry about the gender test.

Albatross বলেছেন...

Obviously this happens way more than we think or they wouldn't commit to a cable series about it.

Doesn't mean it's always real. I kind of liked the show "Operation Repo" until I found out it was fake.

J Lee বলেছেন...

Wonder if this helped her drop into a lower weight class?