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Posted on 05/04/2017 8:48:38 AM PDT by Morgana
Baby Dexter was not supposed to be.
His mother, Lucy Hellein of Fort Mitchell, Alabama, was using a supposedly highly effective birth control device when doctors believe she conceived Dexter, according to the Daily Mail.
And when Dexter was born on April 27, the IUD coil that was supposed to prevent his life from being conceived came out, too. A photo of the newborn grabbing the contraceptive device has been catching people’s eyes on the internet. More than 70,000 people have shared it on Facebook, the report states.
Mirena, the contraceptive coil, or IUD, that Hellein used, is advertised as 99-percent effective.
According to the Mayo Clinic: “A T-shaped plastic frame that releases a type of progestin, Mirena thickens the cervical mucus to prevent sperm from reaching or fertilizing an egg. Mirena also thins the lining of the uterus and partially suppresses ovulation.” Some think the IUD also may act as an abortifacient by preventing a newly-conceived unborn baby from attaching to the womb.
Hellein told the Metro that she had the Mirena inserted last August, and then discovered she was pregnant with Dexter in December. Doctors said she likely conceived him just a few days after she had the device inserted.
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“I assumed I was only a few weeks along, but the ultrasound confirmed that I was already 18 weeks along,” she said. “My Mirena was nowhere to be found on ultrasound so my OB assumed that it had fallen out, but I wasn’t convinced.”
The news of an unplanned pregnancy often is followed by suggestions of abortion, but Hellein chose life for her son.
“Dexter was definitely meant to be,” she said. “Although he wasn’t planned, my family and I feel incredibly blessed.”
When Dexter was born last week, doctors found the IUD behind Hellein’s placenta, according to the report.
It is believed that nurses posed newborn Dexter with the contraceptive device in the hospital to highlight his unplanned — but not unwelcome — life. Hellein later shared the image on Facebook, where tens of thousands of people have viewed it.
Pro-lifers take varying positions on artificial contraception. Some argue that birth control can help reduce abortion rates by preventing unwanted pregnancies, while others argue that it leads down a slippery slope to abortion.
No matter what their position on birth control, pro-lifers agree that every baby’s life, planned or unplanned, is worth celebrating.
My wife is 41 and we just found out we are pregnant!
I’m reading the genetic results right now this second.
Just this week, my neighbors DIL was at our home. She is soon to be a first time grandmother to twins. She also was bedridden for three days after Trump was elected.........deep, deep depression and of course, very pro abortion.
So I kindly listened to her rave about how marvelous it was to see her tiny granddaughters during an ultrasound visit with her daughter. She was raving about their movement in the womb, their perfection, making a fist and one of them even stuck their tongue out. The hypocrisy is disgusting.
How ‘bout THAT for WINNING !
Delta... you were her “miracle” baby. How wonderful! :)
You are correct. I was not thinking. But the changes that the device was making on the uterus don’t sound too baby-friendly.
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The first and third are contraceptive. The second is abortifacient.
This is not exactly predictable. It will vary from cycle to cycle, depending on the woman's own varying hormonal levels.
My Dad had a vasectomy after four kids, then fathered TWO more afterward!
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