FERTILITY APP LEFT ME WITH BABY I COULDN’T AFFORD
STORE manager Roksana Siqueira was ‘devastated’ to learn she was pregnant having relied solely on fertility apps as contraception for almost a year.
The 31-year-old said: ‘My husband and I planned to wait three years for a baby to allow us to save up for a deposit on a house. When I saw the positive line on the pregnancy stick, I burst into tears. It changed everything.’
Roksana, who has been married to her husband Diego for two years, first placed her faith in apps in December 2016 after suffering bad skin as a result of hormonal contraception.
‘I talked to my GP about the fertility apps I’d seen online and he suggested I use one.
‘I began using a fertility tracking app called Flo and didn’t have sex on “unsafe” days, according to the app.’
Roksana, who lives in London, precisely followed the app for nine months.
Then one morning in September 2017, she began to experience symptoms of nausea. A pregnancy test was positive. ‘I was in shock for several days,’ she recalls. ‘How
could I be pregnant? We weren’t prepared financially for a baby.
‘But there was no question of termination so we went ahead with it.’
In May this year, Roksana gave birth to Kelsey, and although both mother and father are
‘truly happy’, they remain furious about the way the app let them down.
‘I’m so frightened I’ll fall pregnant again,’ says Roksana. ‘Now I’ll take the Pill, although I am reluctant. I would never rely on a fertility app again.’