Identical Triplets Born To UK Couple; How Rare Is It?

London: A British couple is over the moon after being blessed identical triplets.

Jenni Casper gave birth to three baby girls, nine weeks prematurely.

Named Harper-Gwen, Marvella and Evalynn, the triplet sisters weighed merely 1.27 kg, 1.38 kg and 1.36 kg, respectively, when they were born on March 31 at York Hospital. The under-weight babies spent almost six weeks in a Special Care Baby Unit before parents Jenni (27) and James (26) could take them home.

Identical triplets are extremely rare because they are conceived only when a single fertilised egg splits into three.

Shave have not been able to precisely calculate the chances of a woman delivering identical triplets, but it said to occur once in 2 million births.

The young parents were initially told they will have twins, the chances of which are one in 250, reported Mail Online.

However, they were left speechless on discovering during the 12-week scan that they would be having triplets instead.

Jenni and James already had two daughters – Danica (10) and Gabriella (4).

“Now we’re at home and we’ve settled in with them, it’s a bit surreal. But we’re just overwhelmed and they’ve met their older sisters who are absolutely over the moon and just so excited,” said James, a resident of Selby in North Yorkshire.

With the three babies being “literally identical”, Jenni and James have got earmarked chairs and cots to ensure they don’t get mixed up.

They left the hospital wristbands on their children’s hands for a few days because to avoid confusion initially.