Pregnant at 47

The double lines appeared almost instantly as I peed on the stick. I stared in disbelief. I cannot be pregnant, I told myself. I am 47 years old!

Almost seven years prior, shortly after the birth of my second child, I had a procedure to implant metal coils in my fallopian tubes. The idea was that the skin would scar and scab over the coils, blocking the tubes and preventing future pregnancies. When I returned two months later for the…