Our Triplets Journey

How do multiples happen? I knew very little about twins and triplets a few weeks ago, but the amount of questions we have had, and people have had for us has made for a very interesting journey.  Most peoples first question is "do you have twins in the family?"  The answer is yes, but this is not a case of multiples being passed down. I'll try to explain.  My understanding was that twins are passed down the male side of the family. My dad's dad was a twin, so it was unlikely that I would be the one to cause a twin pregnancy. What I have since learned is that it's on the female side. A "normal" pregnancy is created by the mother releasing a single egg, and the dad fertilises it. Twin carriers release more than one egg at a time, so the chance of them both being fertilised is higher. It's the body doing it wrong basically by releasing 'too many at a time'. As women get older, women can release more eggs. I'm 37 now, so there was a very smal...

So we had an early, private scan booked. By the time of the scan, I had been feeling shocking for a solid 10 days now. Please, please, please let us see a teeny tiny little heartbeat on the screen this time.  The way I have been feeling can only really be described as a horrible hangover. My stomach is twisting, turning and churning all day and all night. The exhaustion is out of this world and I can only match it with my first hit of covid. My heart rate jumps from 68 to 115 for no apparent reason which is really unsettling and makes my head spin. I associate a bad hangover with poisoning my body. I felt like my body was rotting inside. If I didn't think I was pregnant, something was very very wrong in there.  I had spoken to the private scanners before the appointment to fill them in on what's been going on since our last visit. When we arrived, I went through it again and I explained that I've not been well at all since the positive blood test. She relayed everything in ...

Warning, this page contains details of miscarriage.  Incase you hadn't guessed by the title, we are expecting triplets. This chapter is going to talk about our journey up to finding out about the unexpected little bundles growing inside my belly.  Our son, Jack, was born in November 2021 and we had hoped to give him a little sibling, sooner rather than later. We were both closing in on 37, so decided to start trying for baby B No.2 a couple of months before Jack turned 1. It took 4 months (same as when we were trying with Jack), and we found out we were pregnant in January of this year. A few days later we found out that James's sister was expecting just 2 days before our due date! We were over the moon!!  However, a few days before our 12 week scan was due, I started bleeding. We tried to stay positive, but the hospital kept advising that I monitor it for 48 more hours. I was getting more and more stressed, so we opted for a private scan. Our worst fears were confirmed f...