Because of how much space twins, triplets, and other multiples take up in the womb, they often are born before the full nine months, and because they are premature, they typically weigh much less than typical single pregnancy babies.
When Knoxville, Tennessee mom-of-two Kate Tipton and her husband Caleb found out they were expecting triplets, they were stunned, but since the very beginning, doctors began preparing them for birth and warning that her babies would most likely be severely underweight.
“We had doctors telling us to prepare for the worst,” Kate said. “If they made it, they would be so small.” And as doctors had expected, Kate went into labor at just 34 weeks along, a month and a half before reaching full term.
Yet as the first baby came out, doctors couldn’t believe their eyes when they saw how huge he was. “We were shocked,” Kate said. “They weighed Jack twice. He was first. They thought, ‘That’s not right. He can’t weigh 7 pounds, 4 ounces as a triplet.’ There was so much noise and excitement and disbelief.”
“I’ve never seen triplets this big,” said Dr. Mark Hennessy, who has been an OBGYN for 25 years.
Despite being born six whole weeks early, the babies weren’t nearly as small as they should have been. Baby Jack weighed the most at 7 pounds, 4 ounces, but the smallest of the three still weighed an impressive 5 pounds, and together, the three weighed a staggering 19.6 pounds. “It was like I had a toddler in my tummy,” Kate said.
The Tiptons later reached out to the Guinness Book of World Records to see how their triplets stacked up against the world record, and were stunned to find out that their babies were the second heaviest triplets every born, just 2.4 pounds shy of the 22-pound world record.
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Mom Gives Birth To Second Largest Triplets EVER is an article from: LifeDaily