Despite the fact that Mary McCandlish, at the age of 34, is the mother of 4 children, who are from 6 to 16 years old, she decided on the “last child”.
The result of this pregnancy surprised both her family and doctors.
The surprise for everyone was exactly what Mary, along with her husband and the doctor, saw on ultrasound in the middle of her pregnancy.
Incredibly, three babies were clearly displayed on the monitor picture.
Doctors consider this case extremely rare, since only one woman out of 160 can conceive triplets naturally.
Most achieve such results by resorting to IVF.
First of all, the doctors and the expectant mother were worried about Mary’s slight height of 155cm.
According to doctors, such a miniature physique would not allow carrying babies up to 9 months.
In order to avoid unforeseen situations, she was assigned a caesarean, which was performed at the 7th month of pregnancy.
By the time of the fifth pregnancy, the Scottish family was raising four children: 16-year-old Peter, 15-year-old Emily, 13-year-old Katrina and 6-year-old James.
All the children took the news about the triplets with joy and were constantly waiting for the birth of babies.
The couple themselves at that time took the news not only with joy, but also with great excitement.
According to Mary, the expectation of so many children carries with it the expectation of a lot of worries.
Babies at birth weighed from 450 to 1300 g, which indicated a significant shortage of weight.
Two weeks later, the doctors promised Mary to discharge the babies for the Christmas holidays.
The promise was kept.
