A size 6 mum who didn't realise she was pregnant gave birth just 45 minutes after suffering with stomach pains.
Sal Guest, 24, from Dudley, West Midlands, who was on the Pill, did not have a bump and still had periods.
The mum-of-three woke up with excruciating abdominal pains, with no idea she was in labour.
Sal gave birth 45 minutes later in her bedroom to baby Denny.
The shocked single mum, whose youngest son is now two, said: "I'd been on the Pill, had a flat stomach, been drinking alcohol and had periods throughout.
"I just couldn't believe I'd carried a baby for nine months without knowing.
"Thank goodness he was healthy."
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She has two other children, Kristie, six and Bobbie, five.
In early 2017, Sal, then 22, reconnected with an old school friend, and the pair started dating – but split up a few months later.
Then, in June, Sal sadly lost her mum, Johanne, 51 – and would go out drinking with her friends, unaware she had an unborn baby.
She said: "I was devastated when my mum died and I coped with the grief by going out with my friends drinking.
"I used alcohol to numb the pain of losing her. I was very depressed at this point."
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On January 26, 2018, Sal woke up in agony, saying: "I woke up with awful back and stomach pain.
"I had the strongest urge to go to the toilet but couldn't go.
"I fed the kids breakfast as normal and then got back into bed."
The pain didn't subside and Sal called a friend for advice.
She said: "My friend came over and I told her I felt like I'd been run over by a train. The pain was horrendous.
"She said I should call 999, but I didn't think it was that serious. I took some co-codamol and hoped it would subside."
But the pain continued, and soon, Sal was on her bed writhing in pain.
Her friend phoned for an ambulance and spoke to the operator.
Sal said: "She explained my symptoms to the operator and then turned to me and said 'They think you're in labour'.
"I burst out laughing and said there was no way – I was on the Pill and had just come off my period.
"She insisted she check down below anyway, so I told her to go ahead. Minutes later, she looked like she'd seen a ghost.
"She told me 'There's a baby's head – you're crowning!' I felt numb with shock."
But there was no time for the news to sink it and minutes later a baby boy weighing 7lbs 14oz was born.
She says: "When my friend placed him into my arms, I fell in love instantly."
While she waited for an ambulance, Sal rang her dad who was equally gobsmacked.
Paramedics turned up soon after and whisked her and her baby to Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley.
At the hospital, they were checked over and Sal's son was given a clean bill of health.
Sal said: "As I lay on the ward, I was stunned, and started to cry.
"I couldn't believe he'd been hiding in my belly for nine months.
"I decided to name him Denny, after my grandad who was called Dennis.
"I couldn't get my head round how I'd had a baby but no symptoms.
"The doctor told me there was a chance the baby had been positioned in my back, meaning no bump had been visible. Then it hit me.
"I'd been drinking and felt really guilty, but thankfully he was completely fine.
"That night we went home and I introduced Denny to the girls. They couldn't believe they had a baby brother.
"He was the biggest surprise to all of us."
The next day, Sal uploaded a picture of baby Denny to her Facebook profile.
She said: "My friends were commenting asking whose baby it was. They were as shocked as I was when I said he was mine!"
Now Denny is two and thriving.
Sal added: "It was scary having a baby with no warning. Luckily I'm still a size 6 and didn't need to lose any baby weight.
"I wouldn't change Denny for the world, and I feel so lucky.
"My baby boy has been the biggest shock I've ever had, but the best one too.
"But my family's now complete and I'm not having anymore children!"
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