Ellie Dudfield, 21, and Billy Revell, 20, are adjusting to life as a family of five after welcoming a set of identical triplets – the three boys were born 12 weeks early and had a 40% chance of survival.
A young British couple are getting used to life as a family of five after beating odds of 200 million to one to conceive identical triplets.
Archie, Albie, and Arthur were delivered 12 weeks early, and their parents, Ellie Dudfield, 21, and Billy Revell, 20, were informed they had a 40% chance of survival.
𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 2𝘭𝘣𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘫𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.
But the triplets – who shared the same placenta – defied the odds and are now at home with their parents and older sister Lola, two.
The proud mum, from Kettering, Northampton, said: “We obviously don’t have the typical life of other people our age.
“It is hard but we’ve always been family orientated so we have made it work.
“The nurses were impressed by how mature we are when we were in NICU with the boys.
“Strangers always stop us in the street to look at the boys and they always say ‘well done’ when they realise how young we are.”
They were whisked straight off to the newborn intensive care unit which is when their fight for survival truly began.
Ellie said: “It was an emotional rollercoaster as they were so up and down.
“The triplets had a difficult start to life but Billy, who is a multi-trade operative, stayed strong which helped me a lot. He was so positive. After 12 weeks in hospital, the family returned home in September.”
