Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24721813-20140701025328/@comment-4839682-20140704150943

WinterWoodsGal wrote:

Not really, the contract was for Zelena. No, Zelena was already born and gone, in Oz, at that time. We can assume Rumple knew nothing about her, he thought Regina would be Cora's firstborn.

The events of Zelena's birth and Regina's take place in different kingdoms.