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Sometimes the [[Law of Inverse Fertility]] hits so hard that the woman doesn't even realize she's pregnant, often not until the [[Screaming Birth]] (and sometimes not even then). Cries of "[[But I Can't Be Pregnant]]" and "how could I have missed this?" ensue. For whatever reason, when they ''do'' notice before giving birth, it isn't the lack of [[No Periods, Period|periods that tips them off]], but rather the morning sickness and [[Wacky Cravings]]. Heroines just don't keep track of their monthlies. Cue [[Babies Make Everything Better]]!
Not to be confused with [[But We Used a Condom]], but it's likely to be a result.
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* A fat woman complaining of severe cramps went into the ''[[ER]]'' and not only realized that she was pregnant but that she was giving birth to twins. Dr. Benton had to deliver the baby--something he "hadn't done since med school."
** Elizabeth Corday gets hit with this in the seventh season. Her response to the news was a flat "That's impossible."
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* Happened in the latest series of "[[Whitechapel]]" when DS Miles' wife fears she might have ovarian cancer only for it to turn out she's 6 months pregnant
* At the end of "Baby on Board", ''[[Modern Family]]'''s third-season finale, Gloria [[Confession Cam|tells us]] she had thought she was carsick but, no, she's really pregnant, as the camera shows her buying a pregnancy test kit
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