A woman has given birth to her first baby  just 15 hours after discovering she was pregnant.

Amanda Ross, 41, was out shopping with her  partner Paul Dean when she suddenly developed stomach cramps.

She had been feeling bloated and blamed it on  constipation and went to her local health centre to see a GP.

Amanda Ross, 41, was out shopping with partner Paul Dean  when she suddenly developed stomach cramps. Fifteen hours later she gave birth  to baby Chloe

They referred her to a midwife who gave her a  scan – and told her she was probably seven or eight months pregnant.

Amanda was sent home with some medication for  her stomach but at 1.30am told Paul she had to get straight to hospital as her  tummy was rumbling.

Paul, who has two children and two  grandchildren from his first marriage, drove Amanda to the nearest  hospital.

Unexpected: Amanda had been feeling bloated and blamed  it on constipation. She was astounded when her GP said she was pregnant – and  went into labour just hours later

She was quickly checked and immediately  transferred by ambulance to the maternity unit at South Hospital in  Bristol.

Doctors performed a caesarean section and daughter Chloe  was born 80 minutes later weighing 4lb 9oz

Amanda arrived there at 5.30am where a  monitor found the unborn baby’s heartbeat dipping dangerously.

Doctors performed a caesarean section and  daughter Chloe was born 80 minutes later weighing 4lb 9oz.

Amanda, who has never been pregnant before,  was kept in hospital for six days before being allowed home to their two-bedroom  flat in Yate, South Gloucestershire.

She said: ‘My first reaction when they told  me I was pregnant was one of sheer terror.

‘I thought “Oh my God”, I could have done  this ten years ago – but I’m in my 40s.

‘It was a massive shock and I still can’t  believe it. It’s going to get some getting used to.’

She added: ‘I had no idea I was expecting –  there’d been no flutters, no cravings, no kicking, no morning sickness, no  kicking, nothing.

‘We were totally unprepared for a new baby –  we hadn’t even got a cotton bud.

‘Thankfully our families have been really  good, running around to get everything we need.’

Stunned Paul, 53, has been with Amanda for 14  years and neither of them work. He is already dad to Andrew, 34, and daughter  Jessica, 32.

He said: ‘I thought ‘where the hell did that come from? She’s had no pains or cravings or stomach aches, nothing.

‘I’m still in shock and the reality has yet  to sink in. It’s going to take some getting used to.’

Amanda said: ‘I had no idea I was expecting – there’d  been no flutters, no cravings, no kicking, no morning sickness, no kicking,  nothing’

Read more: DailyMail