Beata Bienias, 36, had begun to give up hope of ever becoming a mother due to issues with her health including polycystic ovaries, brought on by weighing over 17 stone.
Doctors advised her to lose weight, so she shed 70 pounds — but still she struggled. In the end, she chose to experiment with in vitro fertilization (IVF). She had miraculously also conceived twins a few days prior to her embryo transfer, though.
When the doctor harvested her eggs for fertilization, she cried tears of joy because she felt so excited about being a mom. Doctors told the couple not to have 𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 the IVF process, but they broke the rules for Powell’s birthday. They thought little of it — after all, they had tried having children naturally for seven years and it didn’t work.
Shortly after, doctors implanted the embryos. Soon after that, Bienias received the news she had been waiting to hear for almost a decade: She was pregnant.
“We all discovered the wonderful news,” she said.
But when she went to her first sonogram appointment, the technician saw something surprising: Triplets.
“We both were in shock and we looked (at) the monitor with disbelief, just wondering who put (three babies) there,” said Bienias, who is originally from Poland. “Straight away I called my mum and then I started crying saying, ‘There’s three inside me.’”
One more shocking finding emerged during further examination: only one implanted fertilized embryo. The twins were naturally conceived, according to doctors.
“This is so ironic after trying for so long, and when we got the treatment we conceived naturally,” she said.
Dr. Christine Greves — a doctor at the Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology in Orlando who did not treat Bienias and can’t comment specifically on her case — said that natural and IVF conception can happen concurrently.
“One can conceive naturally when undergoing IVF treatment … and the implanted embryo can take,” she told TODAY. “It is possible.”
Though she noted that it’s not common.
“It happens very rarely,” she explained. “A lot of the people who seek IVF have difficulty getting pregnant.”
At 34 weeks pregnant, Bienias gave birth to Amelia, Matylda, and Borys on December 13, 2018. Matylda weighed 4 pounds, 5 oz., and little Borys weighed just 4 lbs when they were born. Amelia weighed 5 lbs, 2 oz. But Beata said all three babies are doing well and are “growing too fast”.
Besotted Beata said: “I am enjoying everything – even when they wee in bed and I have to clean it up.
“I feed them nearly every three hours, and I go for walks with them every day.
“My husband is absolutely proud of his three babies, and cuddles them every day when he gets home from work.
“I had no idea what to expect from being a mum-of-three all of a sudden. But I’m so happy,” she added.
