Karen Gilbert of Wales lucked into a one-in-200million chance of giving birth to identical triplets without in vitro fertilization, news which "stunned and delighted" the expecting mother, the Daily Mail reports.
"We were just very shocked," she told BBC News. "The lady doing the scan had to call somebody else into the room to check what she was seeing was right...We pretty much left the hospital laughing, crying, laughing, crying... But we were over the moon."
Gilbert had the option of terminating the pregnancy, after doctors explained the fetuses may not survive and she had the option of "keeping" one or two of the twins.
"The risks were so high to me and the babies because they shared a placenta...There was the chance of twin to twin syndrome, where one baby can starve the other two babies of food and other fluids," father of the twins Ian Gilbert told BBC News. "
However, Gilbert and her husband were against terminating their pregnancy and delivered baby girls Ffion, Madison and Paige, born only two months early on Aug. 2. Ffion weighed 3lb 8oz, Maddison was 3lb 5oz and Paige weighed 3lb 4oz., BBC News reports.
"We couldn't consider termination - they were our babies. They were scanned every week to make sure they were growing fine," Ian told the Daily Mail.
The couple was able to bring the girls home on Sept. 30. The twins have a big sister Faye, who has been helping her mommy take care of them.
"The pregnancy has taken its toll but now I'm taking my time to recover and get to know my three beautiful girls," Gilbert said. "The doctors thought it could be up to three months before we could bring them home so we feel privileged to have them here with us."
Ian wants to try for a boy, seeing as though he is slightly outnumbered, according to BBC News.
Check out photos of the Glibert family here.
