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Triplets born in Israel against odds of 1 to 100,000

After one month in hospital, identical triplet girls have been reunited with their five brothers; 'After five boys their room is ready and everything is pink,' says the happy father.

Triplet girls were born last month in Hadera’s Hillel Yaffe Medical Center as a result of natural conception. Identical triplets are an extremely rare medical occurence without the help IVF test-tube insemination.

 

 

Hadiyah Badran, 33, from the Arab local council of Zemer in central Israel, always wanted a large family and is well on her way to achieving her dream with five boys. But five appears to have not been enough for Hadiyah.

 

“During my last pregnancy, the sixth one and completely spontaneous, I prayed for a girl,” she said, adding that she was surprised during her ultrasound to discover that she was carrying three girls all in the same placenta - meaning they were all identical.

 

Mother and father rejoice with newly born triplets (Photo: Hillel Yaffe)
Mother and father rejoice with newly born triplets (Photo: Hillel Yaffe)

 

“The birth is an extremely rare occurrence which happens once in about 100,000 pregnancy cases,” explained Dr. Haim David, the manager of the labor ward at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, who delivered the three babies.

 

“Today, most of the time triplets are not born spontaneously and in the majority of cases it is recommended in multiple pregnancies to perform a selective reduction due to the risk posed to the mother and the babies. In this instance, selective reduction was not an option at all because all of them were in one placenta and the only thing left to do was to closely monitor the pregnancy and try to carry the babies as near as possible to term." 

 

Hadiyah was monitored by the pregnancy risk clinic and was even hospitalized a number of times with early contractions.

 

One 100,000 chance, triplets born (Photo: Hillel Yaffe)
One 100,000 chance, triplets born (Photo: Hillel Yaffe)

 

In her 32nd week of pregnancy, doctors performed a Cesarean Section (C-Section) procedure to deliver the three identical girls weighing in at 1.735kg, 1.920kg and 1.560kg respectively. Their parents decided to call them Lugene, Alin and Talin.

 

All three remained in hospital and were monitored in incubators.

 

“The mother arrived during a week in which there was a good chance that the babies would be delivered with minimal health complications,” explained Dr, Michael Feldman from the newborn and infants department who treated new babies.

 

“While in the mother’s womb, the girls ‘divided’ sugar, protein and fat equally between themselves thereby protecting each other. This is why their development in the womb was normal and why their weight was the best it could possibly be in the context of triplet births.”

  

No, four weeks on, the girls have shown a healthy weight increase and normal development that has enabled them to leave the hospital with their parents and enter their home for the first time. “The excitement is amazing,” Hadiyah commented. “My mother is so happy with the all her grandchildren and so are we.”

 

Her husband, Osama, added that “Obviously this is not simple. We will need a bigger car and we will need to have regular help, but we will get by. Their room is ready and after five boys suddenly everything is pink. This is true happiness.”

 


פרסום ראשון: 05.13.16, 13:31
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