Woman who thought she had a burst appendix gives birth to a healthy baby boy

A young mother has given birth to a child 15 minutes after finding out she was pregnant.

Jayde Lawrence, 27, thought she had a burst appendix on Monday after she began feeling sharp pains in her stomach.

Her and partner Kurt Stuart raced to a Perth hospital where doctors told her she was actually pregnant with her second child, Nine News reported.

After only 15 minutes and four pushes, she gave birth to a healthy boy Jax.

His surprise birth came despite Ms Lawrence taking two negative pregnancy tests in the past few months and showing no significant pregnancy symptoms.

The couple said learning of the child was hard to comprehend, but they are now 'over the moon'.

Ms Lawrence said: 'I was crying to him (Kurt) saying there's something seriously wrong with me and he goes "your stomach is really swollen, I think you might have a burst appendix, you need to go to the hospital now."

'It's hard to process something when you have 15 minutes to go from being a normal person to laying in a bed being told you're about to give birth to a small human you had no idea you created.'  

The birth was already against the odds, as Ms Lawrence has polycystic ovarian syndrome which reduces the likelihood of pregnancy.

The condition also means there are extra risks with carrying a child for the full term that need to be monitored.

Ms Lawrence and Mr Stuart took four years to start a family, and hadn't planned to try for a second child until next year.

But now their daughter, who is almost two-years-old, has a younger brother from out of the blue.

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