by Sara McGinnis posted in Pregnancy

Not only does the term "cryptic pregnancy" sound unusual, the idea of not knowing you're expecting until 20 weeks along or later is baffling for most of us. Every time I hear about someone not realizing they were pregnant my brain demands to know What about the morning sickness" The weight gain" The missing periods"
But just because I don't think it could happen to me doesn't mean I don't believe it doesn't happen to others.
One member of the BabyCenter Community recently shared her own experience of being unaware she was expecting, writing, "...has anyone went a couple of months without knowing they were pregnant" I just found out that I am on my 2nd trimester. I'm already 18 weeks and didn't even know."
You likely won't be surprised to hear another user replied: "How"! How did you not know" Just curious, not being rude."
"I had no idea because I was on birth control and being very safe," the original poster explained. "I would read that the side effects for taking birth control is weight gain, nausea, missed periods, headaches, spotting etc... So it never occurred to me that I could be pregnant. I really thought it was the birth control that was making me feel this way. Also, I?ve always had a irregular period. When I went to the doctors for an annual check up, it was a shock."
After asking if anyone else had been through something similar, a number of wo...