Because their son Jacob (4 years old) has grown up, Katie Craw (26 years old) and her husband, from Pentre Ma Bachelor, Wales (UK), decided to have another child to entertain their family. And a miracle happened when in the 2nd month from the time of “release”, Katie became pregnant. The whole family was happy and nervous because they didn’t know if this fourth member was a brother or a sister.
However, during her 12th week ultrasound, doctors at Wrexham Maelor Hospital shocked her speechless when they announced she was giving birth to triplets .
The mother of 4 children said: “Even though I was only in the 12th week, I could already wear my old maternity clothes. I suddenly realized that maybe I would have more than 1 child. Within 5 seconds after the doctor The doctor placed the probe on my stomach, she immediately told me to take a deep breath. At that moment, my heart skipped a beat because I was afraid something bad would happen. But then… she said ‘I saw 3 heartbeats. ‘. I was stunned.
We returned to the obstetrics and gynecology room. I was crying and Rob, my husband, was pale. Doctors say that naturally conceiving 3 babies is a rare case, so there are many complications that can occur during pregnancy. However, currently all three babies are healthy.”
Two weeks later, Katie and her husband returned for another ultrasound. The doctors were happy to announce that each baby had its own amniotic sac. Just like that, this mother regularly goes for prenatal checkups every two weeks to get ultrasounds to see if the babies are developing well.
But by week 26 of pregnancy, doctors began to worry when a baby closest to the mother’s “door” wasn’t gaining weight. Immediately, mother Katie was injected with steroids and transferred to Liverpool Hospital for observation.
Here, the doctors once again shocked Katie and her husband in episode 2 when they announced that it was possible that her three children would be identical because they were born from the same egg, with a rare ratio of 1/1. 200 million natural conceptions.
Luckily, the babies continued to develop well, and everyone hoped the babies would stay in the womb until the 32nd week. However, at 30 weeks and 1 day, Katie was taken to the emergency delivery room at the hospital. Wrexham Maelor Institute. A set of 3 babies: Tommy (1.2kg), Joshua (1.4kg) and Eddie (1.4kg) were born 1 minute apart. The babies were all placed in the neonatal intensive care unit for eight weeks before returning home to reunite with their brother Jacob.
The mother of four children happily said: “I feel so lucky that my children are completely healthy. When I found out I was pregnant with triplets, I was afraid that we did not have enough economic potential to provide for them. The best things for my children. But now I just find myself filled with happiness.”
Kind neighbors brought us diapers, clothes, and other items to ease the economic pressure on this young couple.
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