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How to Get Pregnant with Triplets Naturally

Triplets are the dream of many families. Those adorable little munchkins and their contagious energy are what make parenting a beautiful journey. If you’ve always dreamed of having triplets then you’d be glad to know that there are ways to conceive them naturally. From fertility assistance to lifestyle tips and techniques, here is everything you need to know about triplet births and also how to increase your chances of conceiving triplets naturally.

Formation of Triplet Babies

Triplets are formed in mainly two ways-

Monozygotic- Where the embryo splits into three identical ones, thus giving birth to babies of the same gender and genes

Dizygotic – Each embryo gets fertilized by separate sperms. The babies may or may not be of the same sex or either carry the same genes.

Another way triplets are formed are when an embryo gives birth to twins and are followed by another one that gets fertilized separately. This is fondly referred to by mothers as ‘a pair and a spare’ which indicates that the spare baby may be of different gender and genetic disposition than the twins. The twins, however, will carry the same DNA.

Odds of Having Triplets

Getting triplets isn’t something that happens to everyone. In fact, there is a good chance that you may not know any couples who have triplets. If you’re curious about your odds of having triplets, then here are some facts you need to know-

  • You must have a family history of birthing triplets
  • You must be 30 years or older since older women have higher chances of conceiving triplets
  • You must come from a family that has a history of hyper-ovulation
  • There is a 1 in 9000 chance of conceiving triplets according to Australian research
  • You have a 1 in 40 chance of birthing triplets if you take fertility assistance

How to Get Pregnant with Triplets?

If you’re trying to get pregnant with triplets, then you’ll be glad to know that there are a couple of ways to increase your chances of conceiving. Age is a huge factor since women over the age of 30 and below 40 experience a spike in fertility before entering their peri-menopausal years, thus increasing the chances of releasing multiple eggs for fertilization.

Fertility assistance is one the main ways couples increase their conception chances, but there are other factors you can naturally influence to maximize your likelihood of a triplet conception. Keep reading, and we’ll explain how to conceive triplets.

Tips to Conceive Triplets Naturally

Having triplets is the dream of many mothers. Your family grows, there’s an abundance of energy and so many memories to make as your child grows through the following years. For some, it’s a dream, and for others, it’s pure terror.

Here are some of the best tips for conceiving triplets naturally, according to Australian doctors and previous medical research-

  • Consume a nutritious diet rich in yams, milk, and dairy products
  • The only possible way to increase your chances of having triplets is to have lots of intercourse during your high sex-drive years
  • Eat foods that stimulate progesterone production such as almonds, walnuts, chicken, eggs, and whole grains
  • If you’ve given birth to twins or more children before, your chances of conceiving triplets will increase substantially
  • Increase your body weight
  • Quit smoking and alcoholism
  • If you’re of African descent, your chances will be very high
  • Take a folic acid supplement every day
  • Stop taking hormonal birth control drugs
  • Be extremely lucky or blessed
  • Get fertility assistance since that will increase your chances by up to 85%!

Due Date for Triplets

Your due date will arrive sooner than you’d expect when you’re having triplets. Normally, it takes 36 weeks for twins to be birthed while it takes 33 weeks for triplets to come out from your womb. The reason behind this is that your uterus swells, thus triggering cervical contractions early on which leads to an early delivery due to the small size of the babies.

There is another reason behind the early delivery date, and that’s because the uterus doesn’t have enough room to let the babies grow further, thus triggering an early or premature delivery.

Complications Associated with Having Triplets

Although triplets are a dream for many, sometimes things go off-track and aren’t quite what you’d expect. Pregnancy with one child itself is fraught with complications so it would be logical to assume that the risks are greater when it comes to triplets. This is because the body has to use its resources for four individuals, including yourself!

Here are pregnancy or birthing complications associated with having triplets that you need to be aware of-

1.

For Mother

Triplets pregnancy risks associated with the mother bearing them are-

  • Severe sickness in the mornings
  • Heartburn
  • High blood pressure
  • Anaemia
  • Maternal pre-eclampsia
  • Premature delivery
  • Placenta Praevia
  • Chances of developing gestational diabetes
  • Excessive amniotic fluid in the placenta
  • Miscarriage
  • High likelihood of developing a condition known as ‘varicose veins’
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Severe bleeding during and after birth
  • Difficulty breastfeeding three babies at the same time

2. For Baby

Pregnancy complications associated with the babies are-

  • Single or multiple stillbirths
  • Fetal growth abnormalities
  • Tangling of the umbilical cord
  • Your babies may develop Down Syndrome, although the chances of this are rare

You may experience a surge of emotions during the first few days when you discover that you’re having triplets for the delivery date. Take some time off or discuss with your spouse how your lifestyle will change after conception.

On the other hand, if you feel blessed and have always wanted to conceive triplets, then congratulations. Be open to receiving gifts and take advantages of rented equipment and leased furniture to save expenses and financially stay afloat along the way. The best part is the whirl of tingling emotions you experience when you hear the good news . However, you must remember that once you give birth to triplets you will be in for a wild ride and experience a world of adventures. But, we promise that it’ll be worth it!

Pregnant With Triplets? What You Should Know

Written by WebMD Editorial Contributors

In this Article

  • What Causes Triplet Pregnancies?
  • Risks Associated With Triplet Pregnancies
  • What Triplet Pregnancies Are Like for the Mother

Many women look forward to becoming pregnant and starting or growing their family. Most of the time, you don’t expect to see three tiny fetuses on your ultrasound. But if you do, here’s what you need to know about triplet pregnancy. 

What Causes Triplet Pregnancies?

If you’re pregnant with more than one baby, it is often referred to as multiples. Pregnancies of more than one child represent approximately three in 100 births. If more than one egg is fertilized and implants in the uterus, your multiples are fraternal. If one egg is fertilized and splits before implanting in the uterine lining, you have identical multiples. In triplets — or any multiples more than two — the siblings can be all fraternal, all identical, or a combination of both.

There are several factors that increase your chances of being pregnant with more than one baby: 

  • Heredity. If you have a family history of multiple babies during pregnancy, it’s more likely that you will have twins or triplets.
  • Age. If you’re older than 30, there’s a greater chance you’ll have multiples.
  • Previous pregnancies. If you’ve been pregnant at least once before, you’re more likely to have a multiple pregnancy your second or third time. This is especially true if you previously gave birth to twins or triplets.
  • Race. African American women are more likely than any other race to have a multiple pregnancy. Asian and Native American women are the least likely. White women who are older than 35 have the highest rate of multiple births that are more than twins (triplets, quadruplets, etc.).
  • Ovulation-stimulation medicine. Medications like clomiphene citrate and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) help your body produce eggs. These are often used for low fertility but can lead to a triplet pregnancy if multiple eggs are released and fertilized. 
  • In vitro fertilization (IVF). This and other similar treatments help parents get pregnant by fertilizing eggs in a lab and then returning them to the uterus to grow. IVF pregnancies are more likely to produce multiples than natural pregnancies.

Risks Associated With Triplet Pregnancies

Premature birth. The greatest risk in carrying triplets is your babies being born prematurely. In fact, 60% of all multiple pregnancies occur before 37 weeks of gestation. The average gestation for a triplet pregnancy is even lower, at 32 weeks.

Delivery. Many triplet pregnancies end in a cesarean section for the safety of the babies and the mother. The probability of a vaginal delivery depends on:

  • Size of each baby
  • Positions of the babies
  • Health of the babies
  • Size and shape of the mother’s pelvis 

During pregnancy, it is important to be aware of the signs of premature labor:

  • Pelvic pressure
  • Lower back pain
  • Significant vaginal discharge
  • Change in frequency or intensity of contractions

If you suspect you are experiencing premature labor, contact your doctor immediately. If caught early enough, the labor can be stopped so your babies have longer to grow.

Placenta. The placenta is an organ that attaches to the wall of the uterus and transfers blood, oxygen, and nutrition from mother to baby through the umbilical cord. When a placenta supports more than one baby, it ages faster, limiting your babies’ growth potential.

The placenta may also provide imbalanced nutrients to each baby, causing one to grow larger while another remains smaller.

Preeclampsia.Preeclampsia is a dangerous condition when your blood pressure gets too high during pregnancy, putting you at risk for seizures. You’re at a much higher risk for preeclampsia with triplets. Symptoms of preeclampsia include:

  • High blood pressure
  • Protein in urine
  • Swelling in the legs, hands, face, and sometimes the entire body
  • Headaches
  • Changes in vision
  • Nausea and abdominal pain
  • Trouble breathing

Diabetes. Gestational diabetes is very common in women with triplet pregnancies. However, it is also common in pregnancies of only one baby, so it is well known and easy to manage. 

Newborn complications. The average weight at birth for triplets is just under 4 pounds. Approximately 20% of triplet pregnancies result in one child having a life-long handicap of some sort. Preterm delivery means an increased risk that your baby’s lungs, eyes, brain, circulatory system, and intestinal system are not fully developed yet.

It is likely that your babies will require a stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where any complications will be treated, and they can thrive and grow. 

What Triplet Pregnancies Are Like for the Mother

Due to the greater risks associated with pregnancy with triplets, you will need more medical care during your pregnancy. Even if everything goes well, you should still be seeing your doctor more often to check for issues with your babies.

You are more likely to experience common pregnancy symptoms like reflux, hemorrhoids, constipation, back pain, and varicose veins. You will also grow bigger more quickly, which may mean you need supplements or a specific nutrition plan. Talk to your doctor to create a plan for your triplet pregnancy.

Is there anyone who gave birth to triplets, or knows such, come in!?

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Among my friends, I could not resist commenting. I really want to wish you an easy pregnancy and healthy babies.)

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In general, strength to you, patience and good health to you and the kids!

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Hall, well, I understand the difficulties, I understand that it will be difficult, it will be difficult but we will decide something, involve parents, or a nanny ... But for now, pregnancy worries me, because I still have to endure childbirth! Anyway, thanks to everyone and good night if they see that I'm awake at such a late hour...)

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I'll tell you how it was at one of my friends. She has triplets, she was cesareaned at 34 weeks, the babies are healthy, but premature, so the mother was discharged alone, the children lay still in the hospital until they gained the necessary weight. Of course, she was bored, but she managed to recover after the COP, visited constantly, of course. Then she took them home and almost does not appear on the site)))))) In general, be prepared for the fact that you will not be allowed to wear them before the deadline, because it is almost unrealistic, especially since you say that you yourself are petite. At 38 weeks my legs gave way under the weight of my belly with 1 baby. nine0005

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    Triplets are one hundred percent indication for caesarean section. What ep, what are you talking about? Only 50 percent of ep give birth to twins, and here there are three. Here someone wrote that one is three what a difference. Huge. I have twins, so it seems to me that with one it’s generally easy. You just don't realize how much physical labor it is. Triplets are always caesarean, prematurity and willow. Author, health to you and children! nine0005

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    Life in a cube: what is it like to give birth to triplets or grow up in triplets?

    It is impossible for a mother of triplets to go out unnoticed. However, behind the outward cuteness of the triplets are difficulties, worries and risks. In this material, we will tell the story of a mother of triplets, the story of a child who grew up in triplets, and also find out the opinion of a candidate of biological sciences and a geneticist about multiple pregnancy.

    According to the latest available data, the frequency of triplets in the Republic of Kazakhstan is 1 in 9086 births. These numbers are very similar to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's data that triplets occur in about one in 10,000 pregnancies. Today, with the introduction of reproductive technologies, the chance of multiple pregnancy is increasing. So, with in vitro fertilization (or IVF), several embryos are planted in the uterus. More often, only one of them takes root, but several can survive. Then a supermultiple pregnancy can develop, when four or more children are born at once. nine0005

    “In general, multiple pregnancy can occur as a result of two mechanisms. In the first, two or more eggs are fertilized at once. Then fraternal, or, scientifically, heterozygous, twins are born. In the second mechanism, the fertilized egg divides into two or more parts shortly after fertilization. Each part develops into a fruit. In this case, identical, or homozygous, twins are born, - explains Anastasia Perfilyeva, candidate of biological sciences, leading researcher at the Institute of Genetics and Physiology of the CS MES RK. “Now I will explain how triplets are formed. Here, too, two paths can be described. At the first, three eggs are fertilized at once, as a result of which trizygotic twins are born. Or triplets develop from two eggs. In this case, after fertilization, one egg splits, and the second remains in its original state. From the first egg, an identical pair of twins develops, from the second, a third child. nine0005

    Now let's move on to the emotional part of the material. Akbota Andasbayeva, mother of triplets, shared her story with pleasure:

    “When the ultrasound specialist, smiling broadly, told me that I had triplets, I lay on the couch with a swarm of thoughts in my head: “How to bear three children at once, what will be their health, will my body survive, given that I am short and weighing less than 50 kg. I was in shock, I couldn't say anything. She didn’t tell her husband right away, but when, after the examination, we calmly sat down to talk over a cup of coffee. I told him the news and showed him the ultrasound scans. He is a low-emotional person, so his reaction was quite calm, he just joked: “Well, what can I say, I’m done!” His mother reacted with tears in her eyes, hugged me and cried with happiness. My mother immediately began to worry, because first of all she was afraid for me. She spent my entire pregnancy stressed. nine0005

    By the way, the pregnancy was going well, apart from terrible toxicosis. After the 20th week, I could no longer walk much, I was constantly lying, since three children is a huge burden on the spine. The stomach began to grow rapidly, and it was a big surprise for me to switch from size XS to men's t-shirts in size 54.

    According to the protocol, pregnant triplets after 34 weeks are sent for a planned caesarean section. So on my 26th birthday, I went to the hospital. The operation took place under general anesthesia, and when I came to my senses, the first thing I asked was: “Is everyone alive?” The midwife came in and said that everything was fine, all three began to breathe on their own, the lungs opened. This is exactly what I wanted to hear! Two girls are in intensive care and one is in the neonatal pathology department. I was in another room and went to visit them, bottle feed them, change diapers. At the maternity hospital, the nurses showed me everything, explained how to care for premature babies. According to the rules, we had to lie in the maternity hospital for a month, but after two weeks we were allowed to go home. nine0005

    I never felt like I could do it. I knew right away that I could do anything. Yes, there were sleepless nights. Every three hours it was necessary to feed the babies, each ate for an hour and a half, then I could sleep for an hour and a half and feed again. Once, in a conversation with a friend, I even considered: it was necessary to wash the children at least 15 times a day, wash the bottles 18 times and sterilize them, in addition, change clothes / play / feed - so my whole day passed. It’s good that my husband, my grandmother after work, my sister and a house helper helped me, who made my life easier while I was taking care of the children. nine0005

    Everyone said “When they grow up, it will become easier”, but I realized that the older the children, the more difficult it is mentally

    Now it's not enough just to bottle feed, now we meet with their characters, whims. And to calm the three, to pay attention to everyone - it's not easy. I think every mom is a hero! We recently celebrated the second birthday of our triplets.

    Have I been depressed or burned out? I do not remember that I cried in hysterics from fatigue. I “agreed” with the higher forces and with myself that if they are born alive and healthy, then I will not complain and whine. But it's too early to draw conclusions, now our fourth daughter has been born, who is already two months old. And maybe postpartum depression is yet to come. However, I am a fairly positive person, I find bright moments in everything. nine0005

    My girls were born from two placentas: Alima and Amina are twins, and Khadisha was in a different placenta, she differs from her sisters in appearance, in hair structure, clothing size and temperament. I think Alima and Amina will have fun due to the similarity, as my sister and I did. After all, I am from twins, my twin sister has always helped me. At school, the teachers, of course, confused us. When we entered universities, we helped each other out as best we could. I’ll tell you a secret that my sister took several exams for me at the session, and I spent the night for her in the hostel. Sometimes they confused the guards and went out in turn. And sometimes strangers came up to me and greeted me. I didn’t have time to explain that I was a sister.” nine0005

    In this material there is a story of the same loving triplets sister. Camila told about her relationship with her twin brothers and that she is an unexpected miracle for her parents, since only two boys could be detected on ultrasound:

    “Mom gave birth to us naturally in the seventh month.

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