Parents Kristen and Thomas Hewitt from Baltimore welcomed their newly born children, rare identical triplets on Oct. 6 at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
Born through a C-section operation, the triplets were named Thomas III, Finnegan and Oliver. They spent 33 and a half weeks in their mother's womb and each weighted three to five pounds.
"Through our relationship, we've found that Tom and I work the best under pressure, so we take the triplets as not only a blessing, but also a challenge that we're most certainly up for," Kristen Hewitt said, according to Fox News.
The triplets are extremely rare, since their embryos all came from one fertilized egg then separated upon fertilization.
"Incidence of fraternal twins are much higher (90%) than identical (10%), but it is even a more significant ratio for triplets," said Victor A. Khouzami, the medical director of the hospital's Department of Obstetrics and Women's and Infant Services, CNN reported.
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"As you can see, to have a patient with spontaneous identical triplets is incredibly rare," Khouzami added.
The rare identical triplets were conceived without fertility drugs.
The system in the family's house has to be coordinated to cater to the needs of the three boys.
"We want to run things like a small army and be really regimented," Thomas Hewitt said, according to the Baltimore Sun. "In reality, it'll be more like a pirate ship, complete with mutinies."
The rare identical triplets live with the family in Baltimore together with their 11-year-old dog, Jersey. The parents utilize color-coded anklets and bracelets to identify who's who among the triplets so they won't get mixed up, according to ABC News.
Check the couple's blog here.
