Will the baby declare for Britain or Afghanistan?

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Serving British soldier gives birth to baby boy in Afghanistan
Updated: 13:50, Thursday, 20 September 2012


A British servicewoman has given birth while serving in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.



The woman had a son at Camp Bastion on Tuesday


One News: British servicewoman gives birth at Afghanistan compound
The woman, who is understood to have been unaware of her pregnancy, had a son at Camp Bastion on Tuesday.
Both mother and baby are in a stable condition.
They are due to be flown home in the coming days after a specialist medical team from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford arrives in the Helmand Province base.
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said: "We can confirm that on 18 September a UK servicewoman serving in Afghanistan gave birth in the Camp Bastion Field Hospital to a baby boy.
"Mother and baby are both in a stable condition in the hospital and are receiving the best possible care.
"A specialist Paediatric Retrieval Team is being prepared and will deploy in the next few days in order to provide appropriate care for mother and baby on the flight home."
The spokesman added: "It is not military policy to allow service women to deploy on operations if they are pregnant. In this instance the MoD was unaware of her pregnancy.
"As with all medical cases, when the need arises, individuals are returned to the UK for appropriate treatment/care."
According to the Daily Mail, the woman served as a gunner with the Royal Artillery, and had been deployed with the 17th Mechanised Brigade since March.
The newspaper said she only discovered she was pregnant after she went to medics complaining of stomach pains, and the baby was born five weeks' premature.

Fancy this mummy giving you cover in a firefight. If she doesn't know that there is something lurking inside her. Like Rory McIlroy, will the youth feel more Afghani when he grows up?

General General

It's the chosen one. It's why the Yanks & Brits are there... they knew about the prophesy.

I'm pleased it turns out that the child is a Yank... can you imagine the Brits goin' on & on about it if the chosen one was one of them.

General General

F.u.c.k. It's a Brit.

Spread

Yes, I can see why you think that it is the chosen one ............. mother and baby in stable condition

gobnaitolunacy

Unaware of her pregnancy? WTF?

Guy:Incognito

Afganistan are ****. Much better chance of getting to a world cup being English.

Guy:Incognito

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Unaware of her pregnancy? WTF?

Happens fairly often apparently.

Often enough for a TV show http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/i-didnt-know-i-was-pregnant

eviltwin

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Unaware of her pregnancy? WTF?

Its not that uncommon. I was almost 5 months gone when I found out I was pregnant with my first. No symptoms, no kicking, no bump.

eviltwin

eviltwin wrote: »

Its not that uncommon. I was almost 5 months gone when I found out I was pregnant with my first. No symptoms, no kicking, no bump.

no periods??

did you still have them?

user2011

Don't be silly he's declaring for the Ireland.

Duckworth_Luas

user2011 wrote: »

Don't be silly he's declaring for the Ireland.

He'll be born in Afganistan but his feet will touch Irish soil first John Delaney has confirmed he's eligible for the ROI. Pints are on Johnner! Woo hoo!

eviltwin

Jake1 wrote: »

no periods??

did you still have them?

Yeah on and off but my cycle was all over the place at the time anyway so it wasn't unusual

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eviltwin wrote: »

Its not that uncommon. I was almost 5 months gone when I found out I was pregnant with my first. No symptoms, no kicking, no bump.

Good for you! What was your reaction when the penny dropped?

Hilly Bill

eviltwin wrote: »

Yeah on and off but my cycle was all over the place at the time anyway so it wasn't unusual

You need to get that bike fixed

An Coilean

Who cares?

The Highwayman

WGAF

Who Gives A F**K

Pkiernan

The whole pregnancy was obviously a ploy.

The mother wanted the baby born in Afghanistan so she could claimed prized Afghani citizenship.

It has backfired and she has been deported back to her home country.

Chuck Stone

It's very common. I know a woman who was playing rugby and gave birth while in a scum. Her team mates thought she was passing the ball back to them and they actually used the baby as a ball for 15 minutes including converting a try before they realised what was happening.

The baby was fine btw.

Awesome-O

Chuck Stone wrote: »

It's very common. I know a woman who was playing rugby and gave birth while in a scum. Her team mates thought she was passing the ball back to them and they actually used the baby as a ball for 15 minutes including converting a try before they realised what was happening.

The baby was fine btw.

How unfortunate for this to how :eek:

Fortunate however that mother and baby are well now

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Chuck Stone wrote: »

It's very common. I know a woman who was playing rugby and gave birth while in a scum. Her team mates thought she was passing the ball back to them and they actually used the baby as a ball for 15 minutes including converting a try before they realised what was happening.

The baby was fine btw.

Is this kinda like the afterbirth that Naomi Campbell was wittering on about?

asherbassad

eviltwin wrote: »

Its not that uncommon. I was almost 5 months gone when I found out I was pregnant with my first. No symptoms, no kicking, no bump.

But what about menstrual cycle?

Rented Mule

[sarcasm] I bet her husband is going to be surprised !![/sarcasm]

emzolita

my mam was born in Cyprus, cause me Granda was stationed over there in the Army. She considers herself Irish though, nothing to do with Cyprus.

emzolita

asherbassad wrote: »

But what about menstrual cycle?

you can have that fully through a pregnancy sometimes. Have you never seen "I didn't know I Was Pregnant!" Its mad!

Richard Hillman

Fecking fordiners coming in here to Afghanistan and having kids just to bleed our welfare system. I hear they get a free shack to live in and a goat. It this sort of carry on is why i voted for Abdullah Abdullah. Karzai out!

nachocheese

Unaware of her pregnancy my arse.

Get them out of the military and stop pandering to the ****ing hand wringers.

Pottler

She's a real baby boomer. It was a Roadside IED - Inconvenient Express Delivery.

DonJose

Spread wrote: »

The woman had a son at Camp Bastion on Tuesday

Should rename it Camp Bastard

Pottler

She's in the artillery so she should be used to bangs leading to unexpected deliveries.

Wee Willy Harris

Spread wrote: »

Fancy this mummy giving you cover in a firefight. If she doesn't know that there is something lurking inside her. Like Rory McIlroy, will the youth feel more Afghani when he grows up?

Who could have told she was harbouring a womb buster McIlroy's just a clown, he'll get his.. starring role in the remake of It.

nachocheese

McIlroy's a fantastic golfer and sportsman, don't be getting your dirty knickers in a bunch just because he won't wear the tricolour on demand.