Gemma Potter, 23, Pregnant Seven Times In Five Years, Despite Using Contraception

Gemma Potter, a 23-year-old mom of three says she has tried every form of contraception: the Pill, condoms, the coil, progestogen injections, an implant... But, despite these precautions, she and husband Glenn, 27 can't stop getting pregnant. They are expecting another baby now, and this is her seventh pregnancy in five years (she's had two miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy).

"I can't go out with my friends or have a drink because I am constantly pregnant. I have also completely missed out on having a job or any kind of career on my own," Potter told The Sun.

According to the Daily Mail, Potter was on the Pill when she met her husband in 2006 but somehow got pregnant with her son, Shaun, three months later. After he was born, she went back on the pill and this time it took four months before she got pregnant again.

After she gave birth to her second, Jessica, doctors suggested she try a coil, which they said was the most effective form of contraception. Turns out they were wrong: she got pregnant again, but sadly miscarried.

Next, Potter tried the injection, but got pregnant with her daughter Sophie. So she went back on the Pill. It didn't "work" again and she became pregnant for a fifth time. That resulted in an ectopic pregnancy and her sixth (conceived while she was still on the Pill) ended in miscarriage as well, HuffPost UK reports.

Potter and her husband say they've only had sex three times since September, but yet: she's ten weeks pregnant (and yes, she was on the pill).

"I love my children but I don't want any more," she told The Sun.

At this point, the silver lining on her extreme fertility is that she may be able to help other people become parents:

"If I keep having children and it gets to the stage that I can't afford them any more I would consider surrogacy," she said.

Comments

[xenubarb]

01:03 PM on 12/29/2011

There are these crazy things called condoms. They should try them.

[am10]

12:01 PM on 12/29/2011

Are you taking the pills regularly?

[Chlowina]

11:59 AM on 12/29/2011

They have two choices. She has a tubal ligation or he has a vasectomy. Perhaps they both need to take drastic measures to be doubly sure she'll never conceive again.

[cyoohoos]

04:35 AM on 12/29/2011

I can't believe someone printed this. If you don't have s3x you don't get pregnant. And you can't tell me you properly use several forms of birth control SIMULTANEOUSLY and still get pregnant.

[wandering girl]

08:06 PM on 12/30/2011

unless you're a gynecologist or a fertility specialist, you probably don't really have an expert opinion.

[cyoohoos]

12:10 AM on 01/01/2012

Are you kiddin me?

[tb much]

04:22 PM on 12/28/2011

Can't stop from getting pregnant? Solution: sit with legs crossed, that should do it.

[socialtalker]

12:44 AM on 01/25/2012

married couples like having sex, perhaps you are unaware of that.

[lnedykstra]

01:03 PM on 12/28/2011

Well since she had a broad of Houdini babies who manage to be conceived against all odds ... see if the next one can overcome her having a hysterectomy and her partner having a vasectomy. And if it happens ... I will know she is the real deal.

[saaba]

02:13 PM on 12/27/2011

I thought it was the Duggers who couldn't stop getting pregnant.

[mggwa]

03:29 PM on 12/26/2011

"Woman Can’t Stop Getting Pregnant"

Glad to hear it. The human race survives for another generation. Hooray for moms.

[xenubarb]

01:03 PM on 12/29/2011

Yeah, cuz 6 billion just isn't enough!

[RadicalAmerica]

03:17 AM on 12/26/2011

Fill that thing with cement.

Problem solved.

[gluejay]

01:25 AM on 12/26/2011

Her babies seems so cute adorabel!! :-)) Anyway, what about Condoms!!?

[saaba]

02:18 PM on 12/27/2011

The beginning of the article says she tried Condoms, but still got pregnant!? I find this article hard to believe and think its a fake, or she just isn't using the birth control correctly.

[NextStopWonder]

04:52 PM on 12/27/2011

Agreed. And if she really wasn't trying to get pregnant, at some point you'd think she'd look into things like getting her tubes tied, or her husband getting a vasectomy, right?

[mm1970]

11:53 AM on 12/28/2011

Condoms, even when used correctly, aren't as effective as everyone wants to believe.

I guess she should get her tubes tied AND use condoms?

[405gabby]

08:59 AM on 12/25/2011

Plan B

[phoebequeen]

08:15 PM on 12/22/2011

Tubal ligation, vasectomy combo. Or, just say you have a headache once in awhile.

[houseafire]

02:24 AM on 12/23/2011

Totally agree!

[Just Breath]

11:18 AM on 12/22/2011

It such an easy fix if you know you do not want anymore kids.

[dymytika]

12:15 AM on 12/22/2011

If he has a vasectomy at least he will know if she cheats on him. But, yes I agree there are other ways they can handle this. I have had some what the same problem and even though it took a lot of begging I am finally getting what I want. Not what the doctor's think I need. But, I know with socialized medicine like they have in the UK, there is no way she's getting anything other than what the government is willing to pay for.

[randinoel]

11:45 PM on 12/21/2011

their has to be some sort of hormonal therapist/doc she can see, that can provide a perscription for her raising hormones that promote repeat pregnancies.

[SithRose]

01:53 AM on 12/23/2011

Tubal ligation. Problem solved. I'm not sure why this is an issue for her, really, since the article didn't make it clear why she hasn't already tried that.

[blue rylie]

07:59 PM on 12/23/2011

A lot of docs won't just provide a tubal. When my first husband and I sought a vasectomy for him (I was always pregnant and we were done!), we were told we had to meet at least 2 out of 3 criteria before the doc would do the snipping...and we didn't meet the criteria. We had to be at least a certain age, have at least a certain number of kids, and I can't remember the third but that was the one we met (so it wasn't really important since we met that criteria).
She's 23, for that reason alone, she may not be eligible. Her insurance may not cover it. The list goes on.
By the way, a tubal also isn't 100% effective against preventing pregnancy nor is a vasectomy

[mm1970]

11:53 AM on 12/28/2011

Women have actually gotten pregnant after a tubal.