Rare ‘one-in 200-million’ identical triplet boys to turn 1 - viral pic!

A couple in the UK are celebrating the first birthday of their three sons who were born at the same time. Those photos are currently spreading virally on social media.

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Craig-Gina Dewdney live in the Liverpool area of ​​England. Craig took Gina to Liverpool Gynecology Hospital when she was pregnant last year. Doctors who saw the scan report were overwhelmed with surprise and informed Gina that she would be giving birth to three boys.

For every 200 million people

Although it is common for multiple babies to be born in a single birth, Craig-Gina have had 3 identical triplet boys. Doctors say it is rare which mostly happens to one in 200 million couples. All three babies were kept in a specialized medical room for 6 weeks after birth.

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Gina, recalling the moment she was taken to the hospital, said, she had an “inkling” she was having twins at first - which was later confirmed with a scan - before the couple spotted a third head on the screen.“Twenty minutes into the scan Craig said ‘is that a third head?’ and there was silence,” she said. “The consultant said in 25 years of scanning they’d never seen triplets, and they were all sharing one placenta which is super, super rare.”

Happiness

Recently, she is celebrating the first birthday of her three sons, Jimmy, Jensen and Jaxson. "If they are even 20 minutes out of sync from one another, you’ll settle one down and then the other one will wake up and then that one could potentially wake up the baby that you’ve just put to sleep. Feeding time is interesting. I have to tidy away while Gina is feeding them or if Gina is spoon-feeding two of them I’ll go in with the other. It’s just learning how to work together with them," Craig said.

The couple have started an Instagram page called Cheshire Triplets. This page has 20,000 followers.