A woman with an ovary that had a “less than one per cent” chance of conceiving while on the coil was shocked to discover she was pregnant with twins.
Lindsay Green, 43, from Hull, East Yorkshire, was working a busy 13-hour shift as a trainee nursing assistant when she suddenly noticed she was bleeding.
She had had her fallopian tubes and ovaries removed the previous year after being diagnosed with an ovarian tumor.
Fearing it had grown back, the mother of five rushed to her colleagues in the emergency department for a scan.
She was “totally shocked” when tests revealed she was five months pregnant with twins while using the contraceptive device.
Doctors told Lindsay the device is “99 percent effective” in preventing pregnancy.
She then had to break the news to her partner, Joe Wood, 47, a HGV driver, whom she had only met 12 months earlier, after divorcing her first husband.
Both Joe and Lindsay have older children: Lindsay has three daughters, ages 20, 19, and 17, and Joe has three sons, ages 28, 21, and 18.
Lindsay Green, 43, from Hull, East Yorkshire, who had a “less than one per cent” chance of conceiving while on the reel was shocked to discover she was pregnant with twins.
Even though children were “not in the cards,” the couple were delighted when their miracle twins, Eloise and Eddie, were born on December 12, 2023, at 9:59 a.m. and 10:01 a.m., weighing 5 pounds and 5 ounces and 5 pounds and 11 ounces respectively.
Lindsay said: ‘They really are small miracles.
“They are doing great, they are very healthy and happy, which is a relief considering I hadn’t taken the best care of myself for most of the pregnancy because I had no idea.”
“It was such a shock that it never occurred to me that I could be pregnant.
“I’m really enjoying motherhood as an older mom; I feel more relaxed.”
Lindsay was “going through a tough time” in July 2021, when her 20-year marriage came to an end.
She was ‘totally shocked’ when tests revealed she was five months pregnant with twins while using the contraceptive coil.
Even though children were “not in the cards”, the couple were delighted when their miracle twins, Eloise and Eddie, were born on December 12, 2023, at 9.59am and 10.01am, weighing 5lb 5 ounces and 5 pounds 11 ounces respectively.
Eloise Eileen Wood was born at 9:59 a.m. weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces, and Eddie Charles Wood was born at 10:01 a.m. weighing 5 pounds, 11 ounces.
Four months later, she began experiencing heavy bleeding, pain and fatigue, and was diagnosed with an ovarian tumor.
It was the second time she had been diagnosed with an ovarian tumor, after having one removed in 2019.
She requested a hysterectomy, but says doctors told her she was too young and instead underwent surgery to remove her fallopian tubes and ovary.
Lindsay said: “I thought the tumor might come back so I wanted to have a hysterectomy to be safe.”
‘At that time, I didn’t want to have any more children.
“I was quite angry when they told me I was too young to have one and they put me on the reel instead.”
The following year, in September 2022, Lindsay met her now partner, Joe, through mutual friends.
They had decided that they did not want any more children and instead had plans to go on vacation and enjoy their time as a couple.
Lindsay, who was 43 at the time, only found out about her pregnancy for the last three months, which she described as “difficult.”
They had only been together a year when Lindsay discovered she was pregnant.
Lindsay said: “I didn’t want to tell Joe on the phone, so I asked him to meet me at the hospital.”
‘He sat down, and when I told him, the color literally drained from his face.
“He turned gray and was almost sick.
“Of course he realized it. It was a big shock because he didn’t expect more children at his age!”
Lindsay, who was 43 at the time, only found out about her pregnancy for the last three months, which she described as “difficult.”
Lindsay says she had no symptoms and was completely shocked to find out she was so far along.
After tragically suffering two miscarriages in the past, the expectant mother had to undergo a cervical stitch to prevent the cervix from opening too soon and the twins being born prematurely.
She spent two months on bed rest, before giving birth to her miracle babies on December 12, 2023 at Hull Royal Infirmary.
Eloise Eileen Wood was born at 9.59am weighing 5lb 5oz, and Eddie Charles Wood was born at 10.01am weighing 5lb 11oz.
Proud mum Lindsay said: “My birth was better than I expected – I had a scheduled C-section so everything was planned.”
‘Recovery was difficult, but Joe was amazing and very supportive.
‘My older daughters have been brilliant, it’s like having little mothers around to help me.
‘The twins are doing very well, they are both very healthy and happy. I am very happy, it is like a dream.
‘I’m very tired but I wouldn’t change anything!’