Watch identical triplets who spent 100 days in NICU obliterate 3 smash cakes
by Melissa Willets posted in Parenting
Experts estimate the chances of conceiving identical triplets with two sacs who share one placenta without the help of fertility drugs is somewhere around 1 in a million.
Well, meet Aubrey, Bailey, and Charlotte. They are identical triplets who were born at 32 weeks and weighed just 3 pounds each.
The girls spent nearly 100 days in the NICU.
Their unbelievable story began when parents Tom and Jackie found out they were pregnant. "[They] were excited that their daughter Brooke, who is 2 years old, was going to be a big sister," photographer JoAnn Marrero told BabyCenter in an email.
"Jackie went to the doctor for her 8-week sonogram by herself, while Tom worked nonstop so they could be in their new home before the baby's arrival," she told us, adding, "Jackie had a sense that something was up by the look on the technician's face." She asked, Â "Are there two babies in there"" Nope. There were three!
"Jackie was in disbelief to say the least," Marrero said. The soon-to-be mom of four would learn her identical triplets shared two sacs, and one placenta. Her pregnancy was considered high-risk. Doctors gave the parents the option to terminate one of the babies. But they decided to do anything and everything they could to keep all three babies.
"Jackie was admitted to the hospital at 25 weeks for continuous monitoring for the remainder of her pregnancy," Marrero told us....
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