A new mother was left mortified when she accidentally sent a very personal text to a Hermes delivery driver after getting his number mixed up with her health visitor’s.
Jessica Courtney, 22, from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, thought she had messaged her personal medic about the post-partum bleeding she was suffering.
But having typed out a very detailed message, Jessica, mother to son Jenson Carter, was horrified when Stuart Mitchell, 43, a Hermes delivery driver, replied with some advice instead.
Jessica Courtney (pictured with her son), 22, as left mortified when accidentally sending a very personal text to a Hermes delivery driver after getting his number mixed up with her health visitor’s
Jessica, from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, thought she had messaged her personal medic about the post-partum bleeding she was suffering. But instead, she received a reply from a delivery driver (above)
Jessica’s text read: ‘Heya just a question, I’ve been spotting still since having the baby, but it’s gotten heavier the past two days. Could it be a period already or should I be worried? Xx’
Stuart, who now works as a chef and is from Chichester, replied: ‘I’m not a doctor. I’m Stuart, your Hermes delivery driver. If you’re worried pop into the pharmacy or see your GP.’
The mortified 22-year-old scrambled to send an apologetic text to Stuart, and was relieved by his ‘nice and professional’ response.
Jessica admitted: ‘Omg, That’s so embarrassing. Sorry lol,’ before Stuart replied: ‘It’s safe to say that is the first time anyone has asked me that question!’
Having typed out a very detailed message, Jessica (pictured left), mother to son Jenson Carter, was horrified when Stuart Mitchell (right), 43, replied with some advice instead
The mortified 22-year-old (pictured when pregnant) scrambled to send an apologetic text to Stuart, and was relieved by his ‘nice and professional’ response
The former delivery driver admitted that he replied to the full time mother-of-one because he didn’t want to ‘leave her hanging’ over a clearly ‘personal’ issue.
Speaking about the incident, Jessica said: ‘When I picked up my phone and realised what it said and who it was from I was absolutely mortified.
‘I literally just wanted to die, poor old Stuart. I couldn’t believe I’d done it, I call it baby brain.’
She recalled: ‘I was having an issue with after-birth spotting that then got heavier. I decided to drop my health visitor a text about it, because I wanted to know if there was something wrong or if I was having my first period after the baby.
The former delivery driver admitted that he replied to the full time mother-of-one (pictured with her son) as he didn’t want to ‘leave her hanging’ over a clearly ‘personal’ issue
The mother-of-one (pictured with her son) sent the message in January last year, but she recently re-shared her text blunder after it popped up on Facebook memories
‘I didn’t save her number in my phone and clicked on what I thought was her’s, but it turned out to be Stuart who had texted me about a late parcel delivery.
‘When I heard my phone ping and realised I got a reply, I thought it was the health visitor texting me back, but then I saw it was from Stuart.
‘He knew I’d be embarrassed so went about it in a nice way by sending a very professional reply and telling me to go see the GP.’
Jessica, who gave birth to Jenson, now one, via c-section at Chichester Hospital due to him being two weeks late, saw the health visitor soon after the text exchange.
Jessica (pictured with her son), who gave birth to Jenson, now one, via c-section at Chichester Hospital due to him being two weeks late, saw the health visitor soon after the text exchange
Speaking about the incident, Jessica (pictured) said: ‘When I picked up my phone and realised what it said and who it was from I was absolutely mortified’
Stuart (pictured with a large print out of the messages) said: ‘I’m not qualified to dispense medical advice. It seemed obvious she was worried about it and I didn’t want to leave her hanging’
The mother-of-one sent the message in January last year, but she recently re-shared her text blunder after it popped up on Facebook memories.
‘I shared it on Facebook at the time because it was funny, I couldn’t believe I’d done it, and I re-shared it when it popped up as a Facebook memory because it makes me laugh every time I read it,’ Jessica explained.
‘I’ve learned to always save numbers in my phone now, it’s the last time that’s happened, it’s definitely been a case of lesson learned.’
Stuart said: ‘I’m not qualified to dispense medical advice. It seemed obvious she was worried about it and I didn’t want to leave her hanging. I thought i’d better let her know somehow and that was the best way I could think to do it.
‘I knew it wasn’t a joke as women don’t send those messages to any old Tom, Dick or Harry do they? That’s why I thought I should get back to her. I just had to tell her I wasn’t her doctor, it’s as simple as that.’