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.
LOVE IT~~
LIFE PING
Kind of like Johnny Cash flipping off Nashville.
He looks like a chubby, vigorous, healthy baby! God bless him.
That’s one of my favorites. A friend of mine that flew S-3B’s had one of those in his office just before the Navy subsetted the airplane. His had substituted the S-3 B fuselage and empennage for the frog.
subsetted = sunsetted Darn autocorrect.
I’m sorry, but the parents need to start using the pronouns “them” and “their” right away. I can’t imagine a baby swathed for 9 months in artificial progesterone (or real progesterone) and coming out even slightly typical.
Now all the abortionists can see what could have been.
All those empty lives without the blessing of children.
Don’t hate them all, their responsibility yes, but society is barren that raised them.
I know its dark comment but obviously God reminding us he is in charge.
Here. Here’s your coil.
My mom had a still birth, a live miscarriage, then had her tubes tied, THEN I CAME ALONG.
Grabbing life by the tail! Go for it, kid !!
Some things are just meant to be!
Chuck Norris genes there.
It is believed that nurses posed newborn Dexter with the contraceptive device in the hospital
I've heard of a baby coming out clutching an IUD previously but this picture appears to have been staged.
Amazing image
“Here. Here’s your coil.”
Puny coil.
True, but I’m wondering about motherhood for someone this intent not to be one. Good on the kid anyway!
“Hello World, Mom what is this?”
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