Amy Maxey was taking a ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴠᴇ. Despite this, she became pregnant – she will give birth to triplets soon. It will be her first childbirth.
She was using ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ and became pregnant
Amy Maxey, 28, from Northamptonshire, Central England, was sʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ to learn she was pregnant. The surprise was even greater when it turned out that she was expecting not one, but three children.
Amy works in the workshop and lives with her sister. In an interview with the foreign press, she said that the children’s father was not involved in helping. The woman will become a single mom.
In the interviews, the British woman sᴛʀᴇssᴇᴅ that she was taking ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ every day. One day, she felt ꜰᴀɪɴᴛ and ɴᴀᴜsᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ. The sister instructed Amy to do a pregnancy test. When the result was positive, she went to the gynecologist.
The ultrasound examination showed that the woman is six weeks pregnant. The doctor who conducted the examination could not believe what she was seeing. First, she saw two ꜰᴇᴛᴜsᴇs. Later, she asked for another specialist to consult with her. That’s when Amy learned she was pregnant with triplets.
Further research showed that there was a double ꜰᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. Two of the babies are fraternal twins – Amy named them Harlow and Ocean. The third girl was named Ivy Gray.
Is ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ effective?
Properly taken ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ prevents pregnancy in 99% of cases. This means that one in a hundred women gets it during the year. One of the reasons that reduces their effect is irregular use of the ᴅʀᴜɢ. Hᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ can also be weakened by other measures, such as herbs. People using ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ are advised not to drink St. John’s wort, eat linseed or drink herbal teas containing senna.
Recent studies show that a rare version of the gene may also be behind the reduction in the effectiveness of hormones.
