Posted on 05/06/2021 9:25:59 PM PDT by Marchmain
A couple from Worcestershire have defied odds of “between one in 200 million to one in two million” and welcomed one of the most premature sets of identical triplets into the world.
Lauren, 28, was rushed to Worcestershire Royal Hospital on 16 January this year where she gave birth by emergency cesarean section to her identical sons River, Beau, and Leo all within six minutes of each other.
Lauren and her husband, Jack, were shocked to learn that she was carrying triplets at her 12- week scan but were soon overjoyed at the news.
Lauren said: “They were sharing a placenta so we were told it would be a high-risk pregnancy. We were a bit scared and a bit nervous”.
Three identical is very rare.
The first-time parents were referred to a specialist following their scan due to a high risk of TTTS (twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome) because of the shared placenta.
Lauren added: “Thankfully there were no problems like that and it was a healthy birth”.
“When my waters suddenly broke Jack rushed me into hospital and I had to go under general anaesthetic”.
“It was very intense because they were born within eight hours”.
“The birth actually went really well, it was a healthy birth”.
“There were only six minutes between them. River was at 6.59 am, Beau at 7.04 am and Leo at 7.06 am”.
“It was a hectic few minutes to say the least”.
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Congratulations to the parents and the Three Musketeers!
It sounds like these children were wanted. The parents were prepared for the responsibility and ready to love their newborns. Good thing she had sufficient health insurance in place. Putting a woman in active labor under general anesthesia is extremely risky, but there was no other logical choice. This is well beyond the scope of most Midwives.
What beautiful little boys! God bless this family.
They are so sweet!
My daughter-in-law’s best friend and her husband underwent 2 IVF procedures before transferring a single embryo...which promptly split into 3 identical boys! They’ll be 2 this summer and although she’s going crazy, she wouldn’t trade her life now for the world!
Mrs D and I have identical twins... That was hard... Identical triplets is a blessing...
Hope the parents get help -— especially Mom. That’s a handful to care for as they grow up. AND — 3 in college for Dad?
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