My niece became pregnant with triplets without the use of fertilization drugs or treatments. In fact she told me that when she became pregnant, she and her husband were using a “prevent defense” and she was still nursing her daughter born only three months earlier. Needless to say it was a complete and joyful surprise. Her new OBY, a specialist in high risk pregnancies (she and her husband fired the first one after he told them she should have a selective reduction, i.e. abort one or two of them because he didn’t think she could bring them to term), told them that all three were girls and could all be identical but that they wouldn’t know for sure until after their birth.
It turned out that two of the triplets are identical twins and the third is a fraternal twin – two eggs fertilized, one split. Then again a lot of people see her girls and think they are quads since their older sister is only 11 months older and the triplets, even though they were born preemies at 32 weeks, are as tall as their sister now, the triplets are 5 and “big sis” is 6. Oh and there is even “bigger sis” age 19, my niece’s oldest daughter from her first marriage and big brother, their dad’s 16 year old son from his previous marriage. It is one crazy, loud, hectic, happy household.
BTW my niece refers to the triplets as the “minions”.
What a beautiful story. Thank you so much for sharing it.