An overtly obese woman from California who went to the hospital complaining about a stomachache got the shock of her life when doctors said she was full term pregnant. Only 48 hours later, April Barnum delivered a healthy baby boy. The Orange County Register reported that doctors saw the fetus on an X-ray and sent Barnum to the University of California-Irvine Medical Center. The fetus's lungs were fully developed, the heartbeat was strong and no defects were detected. Two days later, Walter Scott Edwards III was delivered by Caesarian section. He weighed 7-pounds 7-ounces.

In a statement that is a blow to British government's sex education policy, a pregnant 14-year-old says having a baby is now regarded as "fashionable" among schoolgirls. The pregnant teen from Torbay in Devon, said that her friends are envious of her bump and many of them have expressed their desire to have a baby too. Kizzy Neal is quoted by The Daily Mail as saying, "Teenage girls think babies are cute, but they forget the physical side of being pregnant, then having to give up your own childhood to look after a baby. It seems to be fashionable to get pregnant. "

Angela Bustillo, who was crowned Miss Catabria 2007, was debarred from the title after it was learned that she was the mother of a three-year-old boy. The incident has sparked the issue of sexism in the country since, according to Bustillo, no such limitations apply to contestants in the Mr. Cantabria contest. Bustillo, 22, said she knew the pageant's rules that bar pregnant women, or those who already have children, from taking part in the contest, but that she thought they were obsolete.

A gambler left with the best jackpot ever from the Resorts Atlantic City casino - a new born baby boy. Nyree Thompson, who was eight months pregnant, went into labor pains at the casino's rest room on Saturday morning and moments later she gave birth to a one-month premature baby. The 32-year-old woman was aided by four security guards while giving birth. "A guard came over and said, 'Don't push,'" Thompson told AP. "I said, 'Forget you, this baby is coming right now!'"

The son of the 1950s rock 'n' roll star "The Big Bopper" has hired an forensic anthropologist to dig his father out of the grave to determine exactly how he died in the 1959 plane crash that also killed Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly. Jay Richardson said he's having his father exhumed to determine whether there is any truth to rumors that a gun might have been on the plane, and to see if he may have survived the impact of the crash and died while trying to find help.