A woman gave birth to three absolutely identical babies – this happens once in millions.
26-year-old British Katie Crowe, being the mother of a beautiful son, could not imagine that the second pregnancy would bring her three babies at once.
A young woman found out about such a massive replenishment during a screening in the 12th week of pregnancy.
“Take a deep breath … I see three hearts,” the doctor stunned.
To say that Katie was shocked is to say nothing. She became pregnant naturally, and there were no prerequisites for multiple pregnancy.
But then Katie did not yet know how unique her case was. Usually, during pregnancy with triplets, two eggs are fertilized. One of the eggs breaks down to form two embryos. As a result, two twins are born and one not quite similar to them baby.
But Katy had all three babies identical, so they were born exact copies of each other. This happens only once in every 200 million births.
With multiple pregnancies, delivery at 32 weeks is considered normal. Katie gave birth on the 30th. Contractions began, and the doctors performed an emergency caesarean section. The operation was successful. Katie gave birth to three boys. Joshua and Eddie weighed 1,4 kg, and baby Tommy weighed 1,2 kg.
The babies were so similar that Katy and her husband Rob had to temporarily leave hospital name tags on the pens of the babies. Parents simply did not distinguish between their children.
The twins are now three months old. They have grown stronger and are already giving their parents their first smiles.
“I am the happiest woman on earth,” says a mother with many children. But once, having learned about the triplets, she cried out of fear:
“So many thoughts and experiences fell on us at once. We cannot afford a big car or a bigger house. But then my grandmother said: “Everything in life happens for a reason.” Now my children are here, next to me and I feel as if I am in a huge bubble of happiness. “
Having learned about the big addition to the family of Katie and Rob, neighbors anonymously left gifts on their doorstep: packs of diapers and other children’s things. Such is the touching gesture addressed to a large family.