Woman found pregnant despite abortion

The woman had decided to terminate the pregnancy and underwent an abortion at Frölunda hospital in Gothenburg in the ninth week.

When she continued to feel off-colour and pile on the pounds she returned to the hospital and was told that the symptoms could by psychosomatic, according to a report in the Expressen daily.

But her insistence ensured that she was ultimately given an appointment with a gynaecologist at Östra hospital, almost three months after she had undergone an abortion.

The new examination determined that she was still pregnant, now in the 19th week.

“It came as a complete shock to me and all of my family,” the woman told the newspaper.

Doctors were able to conclude that the the baby was healthy, but discovered a cyst that had gone undetected during her initial examinations.

The pregnant woman has now reported the matter to the National Board of Health & Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) on the advice of the gynaecologist.