I won £1m on lottery... then went into labour the next day!
FOR Natalie Metcalf, good things definitely come in twos after she won £1million on the lottery, then went into labour the next day.
In a rollercoaster few days, Miss Metcalf, 37, matched six numbers on February 1, discovered she had won on February 2, went into labour on February 3 and had her daughter Poppy in the early hours of February 5.
However, her fiance Andrew Symes, 40, said having their little girl trumped striking gold on the EuroMillions.
Mr Symes added: ‘As soon as Natalie went into labour, all thoughts of our win went completely out of our minds.
‘We were totally focused on making sure Natalie and the baby were OK, and it wasn’t until the baby was born and we were home that we had a moment to think, “Wow! Has that really happened?” and start making plans.’
The couple were at home with their two-year-old son on Saturday, February 2, when Miss Metcalf began dancing around their living room with cash she received from the sale of a pushchair, singing jokily: “We’re rich, we’re rich!”
So she was flabbergasted when Mr Symes, who was checking the EuroMillions online, realised their numbers had come up and told her: ‘Yes, yes, you are!’ She said: ‘We just couldn’t believe it.’ The couple, from Thornbury, Gloucestershire, intend to spend the cash on a new house and a dream wedding. They had been viewing properties after the win when Natalie began having labour pains.
She added: ‘We’d always joked that the only way we could ever afford to buy our own home was if we won the lottery.
‘We didn’t know that would prove to be true!’ Mr Symes, who works for a pensions company, said: ‘We’ll be able to buy a home and not even have to worry about a mortgage.
‘To not have to think about that additional cost every month is almost a second windfall in itself.’
‘We’re rich, we’re rich!’