Woman learns she’s pregnant with twins only to get pregnant with a third child 10 days later
Having twins is a big deal, but it’s not as rare as you might think.
One in every 250 natural pregnancies results in twins. So, while not everyone is blessed with two babies at once, we almost all certainly know someone who has been.
But what about triplets?
That is a much more unusual occurrence. Only about 1 in 10,000 pregnancies result in triplets — a significant increase from the odds of having twins.
So, when one first-time mother found out she was expecting twins, she was overjoyed… but it didn’t stop there.
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Ten days later, the blogger mom is known as “Taming Triplets” naturally conceived a third child
She was now expecting triplets, and doctors were concerned that because she was only 5 feet tall, she would struggle to carry all three.
The mother has been documenting her pregnancy on TikTok. And in a heartbreaking video posted in November 2020, she explained that her risk of having a very premature birth was extremely high.
As a result, her unborn children were at a much higher risk of developmental issues and cerebral palsy.
However, in an audacious move, she and her partner decided to defy medical advice and keep all three babies.
It must have been extremely stressful to have three babies growing inside you. Knowing that as your due date approached, the likelihood of complications increased.
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Taming Triplets, on the other hand, managed to remain upbeat in her photo and video content.
And in one post, she said:
“Every week I get bigger I think ‘I can’t stretch anymore…’ and then I do!!! Women are warriors. I don’t know how I’m doing this.”
In a typical pregnancy, a fetus has enough room to spread out across the womb, but triplets are a different story.
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Taming Triplets explained that her babies were competing for positions. Triplet A was against her bladder, Triplet B was closest to her belly button, and Triplet C was just beneath her ribs.
It couldn’t have been comfortable, but despite her short height, the new mom managed to get by.
She was also concerned about the fact that the triplets were not technically “triplets.”
Taming Triplets technically had two different due dates because the third baby was conceived ten days later.
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She explained:
“Normally your body is supposed to switch up your hormones and stop you from ovulating again once you’re already pregnant. In my circumstance it did not. About 10 per cent of women can ovulate twice a month. Only I think .3 per cent get pregnant a second time.
“So technically our babies do have different due dates, luckily they’re close enough that they will be born the same day, so they will all still be considered triplets.”
As her due date approached, her thousands of social media followers sent her love and prayers.
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Then, on March 24, 2021, the Taming Triplets account went silent.
Thankfully, the happy mom revealed nine days later that she had given birth to three beautiful baby girls.
The battle was far from over, as all three babies were born prematurely. Taming Triplets shared more information in a post captioned:
“My sweet girls…. you are fighters and showing your strength already. I still can’t wrap my mind around how delicate and tiny you are but so so mighty at the same time. We can’t wait to bring you home and get all 3 of you in our arms at once 💛 The NICU is the toughest journey for all 5 of us, but once we get through this together, then it will be all UP from here!”
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Her third triplet, conceived ten days later, is the smallest of the three.
But Taming Triplets says her size is “nothing to worry about since she has always been our tiny little one”.
At the moment, it appears that they are all healthy and growing.
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You can keep up with the family by following the new triplet mom on Instagram!
Watch the video below to see her emotional updates!
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Sources: Instagram – tamingtriplets, The Tech Interactive, TikTok – tamingtriplets, Mirror