Mum of five was sterilised after falling pregnant four times when on the pill .. now she’s pregnant again
Danielle had four kids on the pill and awaits arrival of latest surprise
I thought that would be it for me after I had the op but look what happened DANIELLE ON GETTING PREGNANT AGAIN
A STUNNED mother of five is pregnant with her sixth child – despite being sterilised last year.
Danielle Sood discovered she was expecting again two weeks ago after experiencing symptoms similar to those in her last pregnancy.
But the 30-year-old from Crosshouse, near Kilmarnock, broke down in tears when a test was positive.
It’s far from the first shock she’s had over conception – four of her five children were conceived while she was on the pill.
Danielle was certain that her child-bearing years were behind her at last when she had the sterilisation procedure at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock in July 2017.
She told the Daily Record said: “I’m in complete shock.
“I knew something wasn’t right a couple of weeks ago when I started having the same heart palpitations I took with my fifth baby.
“I felt really overwhelmed and scared so I bought a test and took it to my mum’s house.
“When I saw the positive result I broke down and burst into floods of tears.”
When Danielle was sterilised to prevent further pregnancy, her fallopian tubes were sealed or blocked to prevents sperm reaching an egg and fertilising it.
The operation is more than 99 per cent effective at preventing pregnancy but there is a very small risk that blocked tubes can rejoin immediately or even years later.
Danielle said doctors assured her “over and over again” that she would not fall pregnant and that the chances of it happening were as small as one in 200.
Now four months pregnant, Danielle said she knew things had gone wrong yet again when “something felt strange”.
She added: “I fell pregnant with my first daughter on the Microgynon pill, the next three were conceived when I was either on the Cerazette or Micronor ones.
“I’ve always been careful with contraception, so I couldn’t believe it kept happening.
“But every time I mentioned it to my midwives, they reminded me that no contraception is 100 per cent effective.”
Danielle admitted she’s “overwhelmed”
at the thought of bringing another baby into an already busy household.
At home already are Nicole, 11, Ryan, nine, Bobbie-Leigh, five, Cooper, two, and one-year-old Jordan-James.
Stay-at-home mum Danielle and her husband, Panjak, 30, both say bringing up such a large family was not part of the plan.
She said: “I wanted to stop after my first two but that didn’t happen.
“By the time I got to five with Jordan-James, I knew that was plenty.”
And with only Panjak out at work, money is also a worry for the growing brood.
Danielle said her husband has also been left in shock and they have both been left wondering how they will make ends meet when the extra mouth to feed arrives in the spring.
She said: “We can’t really afford any more kids. Panjak is selfemployed, we don’t get any benefits and we have rent to pay.
“This will stretch us to the limit but we’ll have to make it work somehow.”
For now, the family have accepted their lot and have begun to look forward to the new arrival but Danielle wants to warn other women that they can never be too sure about contraception.
She also believes that women should be offered follow-up appointments after sterilisation because of the risk of the tubes rejoining.
She said: “I’d like to see a six-month check-up put in place by the NHS.
“I thought that would be it for me after I had the op but look what happened.”
And while she loves all of her kids, Danielle admits she is already thinking about how to make sure there is no baby number seven.
“I’m really worried about that. I don’t meet the criteria for a hysterectomy.
“I’ve been told I could have my fallopian tubes removed, which I’d definitely consider. Maybe Panjak could also have a vasectomy... we have five months to think about that.”
NHS Ayrshire and Arran said: “We are unable to comment on individual patients.
“Delivering high quality, evidencebased sexual health services is a key priority for NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
“Although female sterilisation is more than 99 per cent effective at preventing pregnancy, there is a small risk that the operation does not work.
“The fallopian tubes, which are blocked or sealed during the procedure, can rejoin immediately or years later and the woman can become fertile again.”