Baby shock shows best things in life are ThREE
A UNIVERSITY student got the surprise of her life after a poorly feeling turned out to be triplets.
Chloe Bates, 20, of Washington went to the doctors feeling poorly only to find out she was expecting triplets.
Chloe and her partner Dylon Freeman, 21, welcomed Jaxon, Alana and Aria on November 26 last year.
Chloe, a business and management student at Sunderland University, said there are no twins or triplets in either her or Dylon’s family.
She said: ‘It has been quite a shock and was definitely not part of the plan.
“But the triplets are absolutely lovely and now they’re here, we are adjusting to life as a family as best we can but they’ve been no bother.
“Dylon has been a great support. Luckily, we also have very supportive family and friends, who are all helping out, although my mam did not believe me at first and thought I was winding her up until I showed her the scan.”
Giving birth to triplets naturally is known to be extremely difficult, leading Chloe to experience complications.
She was in hospital for three weeks before the birth with pre-clampsia, a condition linked to high blood pressure and organ damage.
The family was forced to spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit at Sunderland Royal Hospital as the babies were born prematurely at 33 weeks.
Jaxon was born weighing 3lb 8oz, Alana, 3lb 11oz and Aria, 2lb 13oz. They all returned home in time for Christmas, having received the allclear from hospital staff.
Chloe said: “They were on four hourly feeds at first and it was becoming exhausting, but we’ve begun bottle feeding and it’s making life a little more manageable, we are also just catching sleeps in between. “It’s tiring, but they are actually lovely little babies, so we feel very lucky they are healthy and happy. “However, we are definitely not planning for any more just yet!”
The student, who hopes to run her own bar and restaurant, has since returned to her studies.
She said: “I managed to return to university recently, and I’m catching up with the course work, but everyone understands my ‘extenuating circumstances’ and my lecturers have been great.”