Mum gives birth to 200-million-to-one identical triplet girls without using IVF

26 February 2024 , 15:18

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Damaris, Aymara and Emily are healthy little triplets (Image: Jam Press)

A miracle mum has given birth to identical triplets - a chance of 200 million to one.

Melany Basualdo naturally gave birth to Damaris, Aymara and Emily, without the help of IVF. The little ones were born weighing 3.15 lbs (1.43 kg), 3.11 lbs (1.41 kg), and 3.4 lbs (1.54 kg) each. They arrived ten weeks early, after Melany was pregnant for 30 weeks.

Proud mum Melany, 32, said: "It's a complicated job, but I'm handling it well. They're very well-behaved. Despite a complicated pregnancy, everything went well and they are healthy. I'm happy to have them, it's a blessing, an immense source of pride for me."

She also shared that she uses about 15 nappies a day. The triplets' grandma Marcela Frias said: "It's the best thing that could have happened to us. They are the light of my life, I love them with all my soul. They are my life."

The tiny babies were born at the Hospital Cuenca Alta Nestor Kirchner Canuelas in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 5 August last year. Hospital spokesperson, Dr Arrua said: "They were born prematurely at 30 weeks. Their first days of life were stable, requiring oxygen and mechanical respiratory assistance under strict controls due to the premature birth."

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The TV show Telenoche caught up with Melany and presenter Nelson Castro said: "It is a very exceptional case. Triplets are one in 200 million cases."

Melany is pictured with her daughters, Damaris, Aymara and Emily (Jam Press)

It comes after a little girl who doctors feared would never be able to walk took her first steps aged two recently. Alice Thomas and Dan Young's daughter Lily was diagnosed with Sturge Weber Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder usually involving a port wine stain birthmark, just 24 hours after she was born. The tot started coughing yellow mucus and stopped breathing at the NHS Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

Doctors were able to stabilise Lily in the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) but diagnosed her with Sturge Weber Syndrome, after noticing the tot's birthmark - a layer of extra blood vessels - covered a part of Lily’s brain and it also affected the eye.

Medics told Alice and Dan, who are from Evesham, Worcestershire, there was a chance their daughter would never walk. However, she recently took her first steps, weeks before her third birthday and the festive season.

Lee Bullen