Arizona Nurse Misdiagnoses Cramps As Kidney Stones, Gives Birth To Baby Girl Instead

Gilbert, AZ – Thirty-year-old mother of two, Janae Colvard, rushed to the emergency room of Banner Gateway Medical Center, with what she thought was kidney stones or severe menstrual cramps. It wasn’t until the baby’s head was crowning and the medical staff was instructing her to prep for pushing that Janae realized she was pregnant.

A possibility of pregnancy had not occurred to Janae, even though she was asked multiple times by hospital staff. A nurse herself, Janae was bewildered. She gave birth to a nearly full term baby girl she named Isabella. Baby Isabella was born just under five pounds and healthy, regardless of the lack of prenatal care on Janae’s part.

“I was in labor for three days not knowing I was in labor.”

In an attempt to rationalize how she overlooked the signs of her pregnancy, Janae explained:

“I gained weight, but I’ve had a lot of stuff happening this year, stress-wise, that I just took it as I was gaining weight due to stress.”

The surprise delivery of Isabella, although unplanned, was delightful news to the unsuspecting father. Longtime friend, Brian Ojinaga, 30, admitted he’d not seen Janae in over seven months. “I wasn’t expecting this.”

Kidney stones are hardened, calcified masses that accumulate in the kidneys from oscillating one’s diet, taking certain medications like diuretics, heredity, dehydration, chronic inflammatory diseases, metabolic disorders, and pregnancy. They can crystalize in one or both kidneys.

Kidney stones are slightly more difficult to diagnose accurately in women primarily because the abdominal pain mimics severe menstrual cramping. However, kidney stones can be asymptomatic, and pass without causing awareness. The most common symptom of kidney stones in women is sudden intense pain, localized to a woman’s reproductive area. Therefore, it can be easily mistaken for menstrual cramps and even mask cases of ectopic pregnancies.

Surprise pregnancies are fairly common. According to How Stuff Works, false negative pregnancy tests can mislead women into thinking they are not, early on. If a woman is already overweight, a few additional pounds may not be an obvious sign. They assume the weight gain is due to stress, as in this case. Or if a woman begins a diet and exercise regimen during the initial stage of pregnancy, they hinder excessive weight gain.

Morning sickness and other traditional side effects of pregnancy do not afflict everyone, or affect them the same way. Irregular periods can occur from hormonal imbalances, interference from medications, other medical conditions, and stress. Some women experience deceptive period-like bleeding throughout their pregnancy.

An inactive baby, one that does not pummel you from the inside out daily, explains why some flabbergasted new mothers did not feel a sensation of movement within their bodies.

Overconfidence in or a misunderstanding of contraception or sterility and infertility can attribute to an unplanned pregnancy. Condoms and birth control are not 100 percent effective. Human error decreases efficacy. Vasectomies and tubal ligations also have a rare but possible failure rate, but couples tend to opt out of using additional contraceptive methods once one has had some type of procedure.