Kate Hudson had completed two years of university when she decided she wanted to travel Europe with her friends.
After working in retail to scrape enough funds for the trip, she jetted off – while her boyfriend of 18 months, Aaron, remained at home in Australia to continue his job as a carpenter.
Kate departed with not a care in the world, enjoying the sights of London, Paris, Prague, Croatia … and more.
But she had no idea that her unborn son was enjoying them all with her!
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She revealed to The Young Mummy blog: “I had absolutely no real clear symptoms.
"I was still getting regular periods. I wasn’t nauseous, no morning sickness, little weight gain, so it seemed silly to think I would be pregnant. All I had leading up to it was constipation, and I went from a C-cup to a D-cup."
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“I was still on the pill up until June and since I was going overseas and not seeing my boyfriend for 2 months (so no sex) I thought it would be a good idea to give my body a rest. So in June when I didn’t bleed, I thought 'that’s ok, I’ve just got off the pill, it’s my body is adjusting.'”
She continued: “Then in July I didn’t get it either. I was in Barcelona on my own and that’s when I started to get a little scared, since I hadn’t slept with my boyfriend in 7 weeks, I thought I could be more than 7 weeks pregnant.
"I bought a pregnancy test and took it in San Sebastián. Positive. I immediately rang and told Aaron, and although he was shocked, he was supportive thinking we’d still have options. I wasn’t showing at all and had no symptoms, so we assumed it would be early days.
"It took me a week to book in to an doctors since I was on the go travelling, and it was then in Prague that the doctor told me I was 33 weeks pregnant.
"I didn’t have time to process it until the flight home, where I basically cried for the 22 hours."
Kate jumped on a plane and flew home, where she felt her baby kick for the first time.
But, after having scans at a hospital in Australia, doctors revealed that Kate was actually overdue in her pregnancy - and that she would need to be induced.
They also told Kate that the reason she hadn't had any pregnancy symptoms was because she had a tilted-back uterus and that the baby was sitting high up in her diaphragm.
She said: “I was scared because I didn’t know if the baby was healthy. Obviously having not known for so long, I was exercising heaps, jumping off cliffs, riding bikes, drinking alcohol and eating anything & everything. The baby’s health was both mine and Aaron’s main concern.”
Baby Mason arrived - and, despite the initial shock, Kate and Aaron are taking well to parenthood.
She said: “I have a beautiful healthy baby boy, my relationship with Aaron is stronger than ever (although it’s more work than it’s ever been, trying to find ‘us time’) so I can’t complain too much. I’ve just gotta’ roll with it and make the most of it.
"Mason’s here and I’m going to try to be the best parent I can be for him.
“I honestly don’t know if I’m doing it right or wrong. But he’s a happy baby and gaining weight, so I must be doing something right.”
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