Teagan Brill gave birth to her son just one week after finding out she was pregnant.
Courtesy Teagan BrillIt was a night in February 2021 that Teagan Brill, a senior at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, knew she couldn’t participate in class. Her stomach hurt badly, so she asked her professor if she could attend with her Zoom camera off.
She took a pregnancy test — positive. Because she and Mitchell were in a long-distance relationship, she determined that she could either be one month or three months pregnant. The couple decided to take the next few days to process the situation, before telling anyone else. Teagan didn’t experience any telltale signs of pregnancy and had used forms of contraception. Her menstrual cycle had always been very light, so she witnessed no observable changes in what she thought was her period. She didn’t show in her stomach at all, even at seven and eight months.
Quickly, doctors reassured her that her baby's facial features, which normally are the first sign of FAS, looked perfect. And they said what Teagan most needed to hear, “It’s not your fault.” Teagan and Mitchell continue to regularly get developmental check ups for their son.