Mom Finds Out She's Pregnant, Unprepared for Triple Twist
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At first glance, you may wonder why this video of triplet boys has gone viral, as they are just lying on the floor. But the text layered over explains that they aren't your average multiples.
Mom Myah Winbush, 31, explains that Harland and Hayes are identical twins—meaning they developed from the same fertilized egg and share identical DNA—while Hudson is their fraternal twin, having developed from a separate egg and sperm.
She told Newsweek: "I couldn't stop laughing and crying during our first ultrasound. My husband sat in the corner quietly doing financial calculations. I don't think we'll ever get over the shock."
Three screenshots of the triplets Hudson (left), Harland (right) and Hayes (in the circle).
Three screenshots of the triplets Hudson (left), Harland (right) and Hayes (in the circle).
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Dr. Suhail Hussain, a general practitioner, explained to Newsweek that the most common type of triplets is trizygotic (fraternal), meaning each baby develops from a separate fertilized egg.
He said: "The next most common is dizygotic (two identical and one fraternal). The least common is monozygotic – one egg splits into three separate embryos (this would only be 10 percent of all triplet births).
"The specific type of triplet formation (all fraternal, two identical/one fraternal, or all identical) is determined by the way the eggs are fertilized and split during early development."
Winbush from Lexington, Kentucky told Newsweek triplets do not run in the family.
She explained she was shocked to see two sacs during the scan at six-weeks, then they saw one had two babies in it.
They were welcomed into the world at 29 weeks and spent some time in NICU before settling into their home with their two brothers, who are now two and four years old.
"Introducing 29-week preemies with two other boys were just one and three years old at the time was challenging," told Winbush. "We have been through so much medically and emotionally.
"We learned that you must take the good and the bad and cherish every moment because nothing lasts forever."
The triplets are now nine-months old and becoming increasingly popular on Instagram, often gaining thousands of views.
"It's a bit of a circus around here, but we wouldn't have it any other way," told Winbush.
"When I was pregnant with our first, a coworker told me to remember that in parenting everything is temporary. 'Everything is temporary', is our new parenting motto."
Regardless of the hardship that comes with being a mom of five under five, the internet have been won over by the trio. As of now, the May 16 clip has almost 53,000 likes.
"Those eggs were doing whatever they wanted!" said one user.
Another wrote: "What the heck!! Would have been my response at delivery, but everyone is different. Oh...congratulations on all THREE healthy babies!"
A third said: "I think your embryo split twice at different times. Those are identical triplets!"
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