President Donald Trump’s first wife Ivana has revealed that she got pregnant with all of their three children while she had an intrauterine device (IUD) fitted.
The revelation – made in her memoir Raising Trump – has baffled medics as the contraceptive method is one of the most reliable and more than 99.9 percent effective.
It’s caused one leading gynecologist to analyse the medical aspects of the issue in depth and conclude: ‘The Donald, our President, has super-duper IUD-busting sperm coming out of his Trump Tower.’
Canadian Dr Jen Gunter, writing in her blog, explained that some types of IUD, known as the coil, has a slightly higher failure rate ‘but we are still talking about failure rates of under two percent’.
She says the chances of Ivana conceiving three times with one in ‘is a something like a 0.0008 percent chance’.
First wife Ivana had a daughter Ivanka and sons Donald Jr and Eric with the US President
The revelation about her IUD failure – made in her memoir Raising Trump – has baffled medics
Ivana, a Czech-American businesswoman and former model was the first wife of Trump from 1977 until 1992. The couple had daughter Ivanka, and two sons, Donald Jr and Eric.
After keeping a low profile during her ex-husband’s election campaign and presidency, the four-times married author and television personality catapulted herself back into the spotlight in October as she promoted her new book, Raising Trump.
In October, Ivana, released an autobiography, Raising Trump, that covers her own upbringing and the early years of raising her children with her husband.
In the book, Ivana, now 68, covers her own upbringing and the early years of raising her children with her controversial husband.
Dr Gunter revealed that a friend of hers informed her of Ivana’s pregnancy claim and it prompted her to discuss the matter.
What type of IUD did Ivana have?
Dr Gunter figured out that Ivana would not have been fitted with the levonorgestrel IUD, because she finished childbearing in 1984 and that type did not hit the market until 1990.
She said the progestasert type (a progesterone IUD), was available then, but it wasn’t very popular so ‘it seems unlikely she would have used it’.
The expert admitted well-traveled Ivana could have had any type of IUD fitted, including European versions, of which there are 30 or 40, but none of them would be less than 98 percent effective.
Donald Trump pictured with daughter Ivanka and sons Donald Trump Jr and Eric
The contraceptive method used by Ivana is considered one of the most reliable – more than 99.9% effective
Donald and Ivana Trump are pictured here with Prince Philip at fundraiser for the Shakespeare Globe Centre at the Plaza Hotel, New York
The 68-year-old pictured with Donald Trump Jr and his wife Vanessa
Ivana pictured (right) with her daughter Ivanka shown on the far left
On April 7, 1977, Ivana and Donald married in a lavish wedding in New York City
Why could have caused Ivana’s IUD to fail?
According to Dr Gunter, ‘IUD failures are possible although rare with modern IUDs’. She explained that different types can have slightly different success rates.
She wrote: ‘The failure rates with the two modern American IUDs are very low, 0.1 percent in the first year with the levonorgestrel IUD and 0.8 percent with the copper. These IUDs perform very well over time.’
Dr Gunter said that some failures are ‘actually unrecognized expulsions’.
She explained that ‘sometimes the IUD slips down a little in the uterus’ which can prevent it from working.
There are two different types of intrauterine devices (IUDs): hormonal and non-hormonal.
Dr Gunter said slipping of a non-hormonal coil IUD that releases copper could fail to kill eggs and sperm.
‘If a copper IUD is sitting too low then there may not be enough copper in the fallopian tubes to nuke any sperm that shoots past,’ she said.
An IUD can stay in the womb for five to 10 years, depending on the type (stock image)
Another reason for failure could be the woman having a fibroid or a uterine anomaly and so the IUD ‘may never have be positioned quite right to begin with’.
She noted that the high dose levels of birth control pills back then may have put Ivana off using them, and she said ‘we all know 1979 Donald Trump hated condoms’.
The conclusion Dr Gunter came to was: ‘Trumps are so super special! You had one pregnancy with an IUD, well I had three!!
‘Putin may ride around shirtless on his horse and lift weights and wrestle bears, but The Donald, our President, has super-duper IUD busting sperm coming out of his Trump tower.’
Dr Gunter suggested ‘it might have been reasonable to go with another IUD even after the second one failed’.
She said that if she had a patient who had gotten pregnant twice with an IUD she would suggest a different option.
Ivana is lucky to have had three healthy children after an IUD failure: If you get pregnant, there’s an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy (when the egg implants outside the womb), according to NHS Choices.
It states: ‘But because you’re unlikely to get pregnant, the overall risk of ectopic pregnancy is lower than in women who don’t use contraception.’