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OMG! It's triplets!!!

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Kiwithecat · 20/01/2025 17:09

Last friday I had my first ultrasound and it's triplets!! First pregnancy after several years of infertility and (quite surprisingly) just one round of IUI. We are shocked. We were praying for twins in case (me being 37 and with infertility issues) couldn't conceive again. But THREE??!!

I read all the triplets threads on here, but still have so many questions and I can't find the answers online. They booked me to have an specialist appointment in the high risk pregnancy unit (translating from my language, I am outside UK) but they haven't called me yet.

Could I ask for some parents of triplets to tell me something about your experience with the whole process? I can do with any information, and I don't mind if you're blunt, quite the contrary, I would like to tell me the scary bits too.

For example: How big am I going to be? Did they doctors told you about risks and what were they? At what week did you give birth? How was the birth? Did you have any complications? Were your children ok? How are they now? What about the car?! And the stroller?! And how will they sleep when babies? Three cots? Honestly, tell me anything even if you think it will be irrelevant!!

On the plus side of all this, I'm quite enjoying telling people and observing the shock on their faces. I must be very stupid, because I know they are shocked for me and my future life, but, don't ask me why, it's being really fun to see.

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rainbowstardrops · 19/03/2025 08:51

Wow, triplets! Congratulations! Flowers
I don't have any experience of twins or triplets but just wanted to send my congratulations to you!

Kiwithecat · 25/03/2025 17:02

@MsBucket
I just had my second appointment there. First one was a disaster, the doctor left to attend a call after only two minutes into the ultrasound and after a quickly look to one of the triplets. Then we spent the rest of the usltrasound with a very very young insecure doctor student who didn´t know how to do the measures properly. I felt so bad for him.

But today was incredible! New doctor, really gentle and explaining things while performing the ultrasound. She took her time showing us every triplet and at the end of the appointment we could ask questions and she was so knowledgeable. I almost cry of relief.

Aaaand she told me their sex! Three girls! One nurse came to the room when she told us and said to my husband that he must be dissapointed 😨 His reply to her was fantastic: "What for? I was planning to do the same activities with my kids regardless of the sex"

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coxesorangepippin · 25/03/2025 17:02

I have no idea, but congratulations! 🎉

Bluescissorsbluepen · 25/03/2025 17:15

i can offer no help but our neighbour had triplets and was stopped multiple times walking with the enormous buggy so I’d say plan extra time for that!

SlightlyJaded · 25/03/2025 17:28

Three gorgeous girls - wow! What a ridiculous, out-dated comment about him being 'disappointed' and good for your DH for shutting that nonsense down. Good news about the big hospital and fab doctor too.

I shall be following your thread with a mix of awe, wonder and a little bit of relief that my triplet conceiving days are behind me!!

Felicidades por la fantástica noticia! Duerme lo máxmo que puedas!

TwinMama39 · 26/03/2025 14:46

Such wonderful news; three wonderful girls! Great to hear that you had a lovely Dr for the scan. It makes such a difference.

So many strangers commented that I needed to have another baby (after having twin boys) so that I could have a girl. The most bizarre comment, why would I not be perfectly happy with my two gorgeous healthy boys. In the same way I would have been perfectly happy if they were girls! xx

Pricelessadvice · 26/03/2025 14:59

What fantastic news OP! Congratulations!
3 beautiful baby girls. Oh the teenage years are going to be fun- chaos, expense but lots of love and laughs! 😍

businessflop25 · 26/03/2025 15:57

Congratulations OP. Just come across this thread. Don’t have children myself but my friend had a singleton followed 13 months later by twins. She was on her own. She used two prams with clips to clip them together. One was converted to be a double and the other was in single mode. It was wide though! For shopping trips etc she used the double with one on her back for along time. She also had a box mounted on the tow hitch of her car which fitted the pram in so she still had room in the boot.

BunnyRuddington · 27/03/2025 09:53

Oh that’s amazing news! Now you can start choosing names Smile

JC03745 · 27/03/2025 10:02

Great update OP. Are you thinking of names that work in both English and Spanish?

NameChangedOfc · 27/03/2025 10:21

Three girls!! How amazing is that! How are you feeling? Wishing you the best 💐😊🙏

Blueskies3 · 27/03/2025 11:11

Congratulations. Three girls sounds beautiful. How wonderful!

user1492757084 · 27/03/2025 12:20

Congratulations! Best of luck with your health.

A woman in my neighbourhood had triplets.
The couple coped really well partly due to the fact that they accepted help and were easy going.

Relatives assisted with renovations before the babies were born.

At least twelve local women volunteered to be regular support, including three who kept their promise to be main feeder/carers - one attached to each triplet. They set up a roster to do cleaning, washing, meals, feeding/rocking and to look after the welfare of triplets' Mum. Their father cared for their other kids and kept his job going.

The team affect worked for at least a year and the triplets now are healthy adults who have their own independent lives.

To be the mother of triplets is exhausting. It is not selfish when you decide to trust family/nannies, accept help and look after your own basic health and happiness.

BunnyRuddington · 18/04/2025 07:52

Just dropping I to ask how everything is going @Kiwithecat? Smile

TayceOnToast · 18/04/2025 18:51

Yes we’d love to know 😊

Wayk · 18/04/2025 20:56

Massive congratulations. Just accept any help from genuine people who have your back.

Kiwithecat · 24/04/2025 14:17

Hello again!!😊Sorry I've been away for a long time, we have been really busy this past weeks. Some updates from me:

22 weeks now and feeling really good so far. I know it's going to get hard soon but I'm (surprisingly) not hating it at the moment.

My bump is HUGE, everybody that doesn't know tell me that I must be so close to give birth. Hahahhaha.... no!

The girls are kicking me so much already! I feel like a punching bag at the moment 😂And the kicks are really strong. My husband and family have all feel them.

Also I'm glad to say that the horror and shock that came when we found out has now dissapeared completely. Now we only feel blessed. I know we will be struggling for a while, but our only wish is that they are born healthy, all the other worries look so small in comparison.

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BunnyRuddington · 24/04/2025 21:06

Kiwithecat · 24/04/2025 14:17

Hello again!!😊Sorry I've been away for a long time, we have been really busy this past weeks. Some updates from me:

22 weeks now and feeling really good so far. I know it's going to get hard soon but I'm (surprisingly) not hating it at the moment.

My bump is HUGE, everybody that doesn't know tell me that I must be so close to give birth. Hahahhaha.... no!

The girls are kicking me so much already! I feel like a punching bag at the moment 😂And the kicks are really strong. My husband and family have all feel them.

Also I'm glad to say that the horror and shock that came when we found out has now dissapeared completely. Now we only feel blessed. I know we will be struggling for a while, but our only wish is that they are born healthy, all the other worries look so small in comparison.

So lovely to see you back on the thread @Kiwithecatand I’m glad that you’re all doing well and that the shock has dissipated Flowers

keepingsanity · 25/04/2025 19:49

I’m glad you are doing well. Keep growing those babies and resting as much as you can.

EasternStandard · 25/04/2025 20:09

No experience but that’s amazing. Congratulations!

Three girls how wonderful

MelOfTheRoses · 25/04/2025 20:12

I'm glad it is going well.

My favourite thing, with a mere 2 babies, was to lie in the bath, filled to the brim, and watch the earthquakes in my tummy. It also relieved my poor old tummy of a bit of the weight. I used to be plastered in cocoa butter cream😬

Eat well, rest well, sleep well and look after yourself ❤️

Kiwithecat · 29/04/2025 14:49

Thanks all for all your positivity and well wishes!! 💖

Some of you asked about the names choices. That has been a real struggle 😂We are quite indecisive, but we think we have made the decision already. They are spanish names that we think work really well in english too. We like to call them already by those names as we know where each baby is, but I have to say, sometimes it feels strange to say them aloud. I can describe the feeling very well, but it´s like those names doesnt belong to them yet.

Quite curious to know now if any of you has felt like that or if is just us overthinking our decisions like we always do.

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Triptastico · 29/04/2025 16:56

We were certain of 2 names and couldn’t decided on the 3rd even on the way to the hospital to have them out.Wink

When we had all 3 names it took a while for us to decide who was going to be who - same sex triplets. We wanted to get to know their personalities a bit more. So they were called triplet 1, triplet 2 and triplet 3 by the hospital staff.

One day after a week or so the nurses jokingly said can you name them as we don’t like calling them triplet 1, 2 and 3 as it sounded impersonal. So there and then we made a decision as to who was going to be who.

They like their names and they don’t wish they were called their sibling’s name.

Kiwithecat · 15/05/2025 19:54

Triptastico · 29/04/2025 16:56

We were certain of 2 names and couldn’t decided on the 3rd even on the way to the hospital to have them out.Wink

When we had all 3 names it took a while for us to decide who was going to be who - same sex triplets. We wanted to get to know their personalities a bit more. So they were called triplet 1, triplet 2 and triplet 3 by the hospital staff.

One day after a week or so the nurses jokingly said can you name them as we don’t like calling them triplet 1, 2 and 3 as it sounded impersonal. So there and then we made a decision as to who was going to be who.

They like their names and they don’t wish they were called their sibling’s name.

You sound just like us!! 😁Our friends were half joking that our children will be called 1, 2 and 3 for a long time because we are not going to be able to decide quickly enough.

On another note, this week MIL is persistently trying to convince us to name the babies Charity, Hope and Faith but in Spanish (Caridad, Esperanza y Fe). Its not going to happen for so many reasons 😂She just would love three names with the same theme. Months ago she was insistent we really have to name them like flowers or gemstones.

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