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Woman has 10-lb. baby 1 hour after learning she’s pregnant

By WTOP Staff

WASHINGTON — This baby was truly a surprise.

Katherine Kropas hadn’t missed a day of work in two years, but when she visited the hospital for the strange and sudden pain in her stomach and back, she discovered that she was pregnant and in labor.

An hour later Kropas, 23, had a baby girl.

“I thought I had put on some Christmas season weight, but I never thought I was pregnant. Never,” she tells WCVB in Boston.

Kropas says she was on birth control, had a menstrual cycle and didn’t have morning sickness.

Surprise pregnancies, that are known as “cryptic” pregnancies, are more common that you may realize, although they are still rare.

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Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing after wandering off a Texas ranch, is finally found

By The Associated Press
Gracie the Giraffe, who went missing for about two weeks in Texas after wandering off a remote private ranch, was finally found Friday — and the open range appeared to have agreed with her. The giraffe was spotted about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) south of her enclosure during an aerial search in the Texas Hill Country, according to Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson. He said Gracie's owner, Vick Jones, contacted a veterinarian and began putting together a team to bring the giraffe safely back to the ranch. “She’s in good shape,” Jones said. “She’s standing there, swishing her tail.” Gracie, who is about 3 years old and weighs at least 1,200 pounds, was found within a half-mile of a pond and creek and had plenty of vegetation to feed on, said Jones, adding that she appeared to have been in that area for about a week.
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