Midwife Gives Birth to Identical Triplets
By Danell Swim
April 25, 2008
A midwife has beaten odds of a million to one to give birth to identical triplets.
Carmela Testa, 23, gave birth to Gabriella, Alessia and Olivia, who were all naturally conceived, seven week prematurely.
Identical triplets are so unusual that doctors are divided over how often they occur.
Some research has even suggested that the odds are as high as 200 million to one, but the UK’ s Twins and Multiple Births Association said one in a million was a more realistic figure.
The girls were kept on an incubator in Peterborough Maternity Unit where they built up their strength until they were taken home to the house Miss Testa shares with the proud father, her fiancé Richard Rees, 22.
As a midwife, Miss Testa was aware just how exceptional her pregnancy was. ”I found out at my 12-week scan I was having triplets,” Miss Testa said.
“I knew they would be identical because there was just one placenta, so they were from the same egg.
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