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A U.S. sailor fighting ISIS said she just had stomach pains. Then she gave birth at sea.
Washington Post ^ | 14 Sept 2016 | Amy B Wang

Posted on 09/14/2016 8:17:57 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

On Saturday, a sailor on board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the aircraft carrier’s medical department, complaining of stomach pains.

The ship’s doctors would soon discover why: The sailor was pregnant.

Hours later, she gave birth to a 7-pound baby girl....

...Urban would not say whether there are standard repercussions for a servicewoman failing to self-report a pregnancy....

Infant diapers, baby formula and an incubator were flown out to the carrier on the day of delivery,

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: bhodod; fat; militarywomen; sailor; usnavy; ussdwightdeisenhower
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Oh my!
1 posted on 09/14/2016 8:17:57 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’m not going to say I told them so, but I told them so.


2 posted on 09/14/2016 8:20:57 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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This must have been one fat active duty sailor that nobody could notice she was pregnant.


3 posted on 09/14/2016 8:21:59 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Women on boats. What could go wrong?


4 posted on 09/14/2016 8:22:50 AM PDT by lurk (TEat)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Did she weigh 300 lbs.?


5 posted on 09/14/2016 8:23:03 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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“fighting ISIS”

It’s not like she was on the ground in combat. She was at sea. Not to belittle the Navy’s contribution but to say she was “fighting ISIS” is a bit of a stretch.


6 posted on 09/14/2016 8:23:50 AM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Awww, isn’t that just the sweetest thing


7 posted on 09/14/2016 8:29:11 AM PDT by Bill W was a conservative (Profile, detain, interrogate, deport.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Like Matt Lauer admonished Trump about. Nothing will happen when you put women in the military in the same area as male servicemen.


8 posted on 09/14/2016 8:29:27 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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Infant diapers, baby formula and an incubator were flown out


9 posted on 09/14/2016 8:29:48 AM PDT by Bill W was a conservative (Profile, detain, interrogate, deport.)
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Did she weigh 300 lbs.?

No. 307.5.

10 posted on 09/14/2016 8:33:15 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Welcome to your new Navy and newest fighting vessel—the USS Love Boat.


11 posted on 09/14/2016 8:34:06 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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Shouldn’t all females in the military be required to have birth control implants? Otherwise, this risks the lives of others as they operate at lower efficiency while pregnant, disturbs morale and gives them a way out of duty.


12 posted on 09/14/2016 8:34:27 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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When are they going to thrown an on-board baby shower for her?


13 posted on 09/14/2016 8:34:59 AM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“fighting ISIS”? That’s a bit over the top.


14 posted on 09/14/2016 8:35:54 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: DUMBGRUNT

How fat does a woman have to be to successfully hide a pregnancy? And wouldn’t that DQ her from service?


15 posted on 09/14/2016 8:36:04 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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P.S. Just how fat are sailors allowed to get these days?


16 posted on 09/14/2016 8:36:21 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: hal ogen

YES! Next question


17 posted on 09/14/2016 8:39:34 AM PDT by chasio649 (Donald Trump is not the president we need, he is the president SJWs deserve)
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While 90+% of pregnancies are obvious and known, there is that small portion that are a real surprise! The cable channel, TLC, has a long-running series, “I didn’t know I was pregnant” and using that as a search term in Bing gives a lot of hits!

So, without further facts, this might be one of those cases. BUT, is this not a strike against such coed crews in other places, like subs? The whole idea behind the SSBN concept is unseen and unheard. Surfacing for a baby’s cry kind of breaks that security1


18 posted on 09/14/2016 8:42:34 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: WKUHilltopper

No,no,no!

T’was an immaculate conception.


19 posted on 09/14/2016 8:43:51 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: hal ogen

They want a way out of duty but equal pay. The man has to carry the sack but they want equal pay. They want a promotion purely for “diversities” sake and the paycheck as if it was earned the same way men get it


20 posted on 09/14/2016 8:48:05 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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