But, in a case that had endlessly puzzled doctors, she got pregnant.

The New Yorker already had two kids with her husband, but the pair didn’t want a third, so Lorraine had the surgical procedure to – supposedly – ensure that.

“I got my Fallopian tubes tied about six years ago,” Lorraine told TLC’s Extraordinary Pregnancies .

“I told the doctor, ‘do what you’ve gotta do’, I’ve already got a boy and a girl I don’t need anymore.”

Some might call Lorraine’s pregnancy miraculous .

Morbidly obese woman falls pregnant ( Image: TLC)

“I came to my mother’s house and I said ‘I think I need to get a pregnancy test,’” she explained, after noticing there was something wrong with her body.

Mum Tammy told the TV show that she didn’t think pregnancy was possible, but urged her daughter to check.

And the pregnancy test came back positive. Everyone was a little shocked.

Morbidly obese woman falls pregnant
Lorraine has a BMI of 70 ( Image: TLC)

Lorraine decided to keep her baby, despite a significant chance of complications because of her weight.

She is morbidly obese and has a BMI of more than 70. She said that she’s had issues with her weight since school.