There are several contraceptive methods that help us prevent pregnancy when for some reason we want to avoid it. One of them is the intrauterine device (IUD), which is famous for having 99% effectiveness.
But there are times when even the most effective contraceptive fails. This was what happened to a mother and as proof we have the photo of the newborn baby, in which it appears holding the IUD and that shows us that 1% failure, it can happen.
Lucy Heillen is the mother of Dexter, the baby that appears in the image that has now gone viral. She became pregnant just three weeks after the IUD was placed.
In addition to being surprised by her pregnancy, she was even more surprised when her baby was born to discover that the device was behind the placenta. Taking the moment with humor, one of the nurses who attended her during the caesarean section, placed the IUD in Dexter's hand to take the photo that Lucy later shared on her Instagram account.
Dexter Benjamin Manuel Tyler 27 April 2017 @ 0840 9lbs 1oz 21.5in Mirena found behind placenta ❤ #littlejedi #mirenababy #mirenafail #blessing
A shared post by Lucy Hellein (@curlykittycrochet) on Apr 27, 2017 at 3:39 p.m. PDT
In an interview with First Coast News, the mother clarified that her son was not born with the IUD in his hand, because some sites published it that way.
She explained that when she knew she was pregnant the doctors could not remove the IUD because they did not find it, so they assumed he had dropped it before discovering it behind the placenta.
It is important to mention that When a woman has an IUD and becomes pregnant, she should see a doctor for a review, because when this happens the risk of having an ectopic pregnancy is high.
Fortunately, Lucy's pregnancy went well and little Dexter was born very healthy, leaving all this in an anecdote that reminds us that sometimes, even with a device whose effectiveness is very high, life makes its way.
