A teen found out she was pregnant when she was five centimetres dilated and in labour – after having no bump, sickness or cravings.<br /><br />Bri Blanton, 18, was rushed to hospital by her mum, Jennifer Blackwell, 36, when she woke up doubled over in pain.<br /><br />The teen - who thought she had wet herself - was told her waters had broken and she was pregnant and in labour.<br /><br />Bri had to quickly adjust to the idea of becoming a mum before giving birth to her little girl, Oakleigh, just two hours later.<br /><br />Despite having no baby bump or pregnancy symptoms, Bri now loves being a mum to Oakleigh, four months.<br /><br />Bri, a nanny, from the upstate of South Carolina, US, said: “I woke up early and thought I had wet myself.<br /><br />“I was doubled over in pain.<br /><br />"When they told me I was pregnant and giving birth I was in complete shock.<br /><br />“I kept saying to my mum: 'This isn’t possible.'<br /><br />“They put her on me after she was born, and my mum said I looked like a deer in the headlights looking at her.<br /><br />“It took me a good four hours after she was born to calm down.<br /><br />“I told my friends I’d had a baby and they were like ‘but you weren’t pregnant last week.’<br /><br />“They couldn’t believe it.”<br /><br />Mum Jennifer, a branch manager for a care home agency, from upstate of South Carolina, US, said: “To us it was like she went to bed and woke up pregnant.<br /><br />“She’d been in a bikini at eight months pregnant with no bump and even did a negative pregnancy test.<br /><br />“We had no idea.<br /><br />“But Oakleigh is a blessing.<br /><br />“Watching Bri be a mum is really beautiful."<br /><br />Bri had no pregnancy symptoms and had carried on her active lifestyle - riding, fishing and hunting - unaware she was expecting.<br /><br />“We bought her prom dress four months before and it fit like a glove,” Jennifer said.<br /><br />“It still fit perfectly on the day of her prom, but she would have been five months pregnant.”<br /><br />Jennifer’s instinct kicked in when Bri vomited after a heavy meal, and she got her daughter to do a pregnancy test, in Summer 2022. <br /><br />“She took the test in front of me,” Jennifer said.<br /><br />“It said negative, so I was like ‘phew’.<br /><br />“We didn’t think about it again.”<br /><br />When Bri woke up at 4.30am on September 8 2022, with water all over she thought she had wet the bed.<br /><br />She suddenly doubled over in pain and rushed to get her mum’s help.<br /><br />“I was freaking out,” Jennifer said.<br /><br />“I had no idea what was wrong with my kid.”<br /><br />Jennifer took Bri to Spartanburg Medical Centre, Spartanburg, South Carolina, US, and her daughter explained her symptoms to a nurse.<br /><br />“The nurse asked if she could check Bri’s cervix,” Jennifer said.<br /><br />“Then the nurse looked at me really eyes wide and said: 'She’s dilated and in labour.'<br /><br />“I was worried for her because she was about to have a baby that she wasn’t prepared for.<br /><br />“We didn’t have anything at home for a baby.”<br /><br />Bri was taken to the delivery suite and was in labour for two hours before giving birth to 7lbs 4oz Oakleigh at 7.36am, on September 8. <br /><br />It took a few hours for Bri to get over her initial shock, but once she did Jennifer said her maternal instincts kicked in.<br /><br />Bri and Oakleigh stayed in hospital for 48 hours to make sure they were both OK before they were able to come home to meet Bri's siblings - Mckenzie, 19, and Colton, eight.<br /><br />“For me it was a full circle moment as I had Bri when I was 17,” Jennifer said.<br /><br />“It was lovely to see how people showed up for Bri and didn’t shun her.<br /><br />“I had felt judged.”<br /><br />Now Oakleigh is four months old, and Jennifer is proud of the mum Bri has become.<br /><br />“She’s hands down the bet mum,” she said.<br /><br />“Oakleigh has got us all wrapped around her little finger.<br /><br />“Her facial expressions are everything.<br /><br />“She smiles and laughs all the time.<br /><br />“She’s a very happy girl.”
