A 34-year-old Cheshire mother has had triplets – in a one-in-200-million medical marvel. Gina Dewdney was left ๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐ when she found out during a 13-week scan that she was expecting three babies. However, consultants were stunned when it appeared that the dental therapist’s three babies were all sharing one ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐.
On April 26, Jimmy, Jensen, and Jaxson were all born ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ at the same time.
Speaking to the ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฆ, the 34-year-old, from Frodsham, said: โI had it in my head that it would take me a long time to get pregnant because it usually does take people a couple of years trying.
โWe thought letโs see what happens and within a month I fell pregnant.
โ๐ผ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ค๐๐กโ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ค๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐ ๐ผ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐คโ๐๐โ ๐ผ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.”
โI had this feeling that there was more than one baby and I had a feeling we were having twins.
โI said it to my husband but didnโt mention it to anyone else and I didnโt really tell anyone I was pregnant because we werenโt seeing anyone in lockdown and I thought I would wait until the first scan and be traditional in that respect.
โOur first scan wasnโt until 13 weeks and we went to the Liverpool Womenโs and straight away the woman put the ultrasound on said it was twins.
โAnd because I already told Craig and I had it in my head, it was a bit of ๐ โ๐๐๐ because one thing having a feeling about it and then being told it was real.
However, around 15 to 20 minutes into the scan, she began scanning my stomach, and the room fell silent, and all you could see on the screen were three heads.
However, the sex of the twins appeared to be mixed up at 16 weeks, and the couple was told they were expecting two girls and a boy.
Gina said she bought clothes for the two girls and the boy, named them and โenvisionedโ what life would be like with them.
However, at the 24-week scan, and after already picking out girls names and buying girls clothes, the consultant revealed that it was in fact three boys and one p๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐.
The mum-of-three said the pregnancy was up and down as there are many โhigh risksโ for triplets sharing the same ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐, as they are all fighting for the same nutrients and food.
“They don’t allow you have a natural birth when you have triplets,” she said. As a result, it’s always a scheduled C-section. So they intended to deliver me by ๐ถ-๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ at 33 weeks, but I went intoย ๐๐๐๐๐ย spontaneously at 31 weeks and three days.
The triplets were kept in an ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐ after their preterm delivery, and Gina was allowed times when she could handle them and do things like changeย ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ , a procedure that tries to reduce the stress inflicted on ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ newborns.
The now five-month-old babies spent six weeks in the Neonatal intensive care unit at Liverpool Womenโs, but have since come home and are returning for regular check-ups.
She said: โTheyโre starting to smile now and starting to see their characters.
โWhat is interesting is they are all identical and ๐ท๐๐ด is the same, but theyโve got such different personalities already and I think that is fascinating because they are all being brought up the same and you think of nature versus nurture.โ
“They’re doing really really well. They’re putting the weight on. They’re just into three months clothes, which isย ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ considering they’re five months now. They’re doing well.”
