The babies need about 130 diapers and four baby wipe packages every week. A pack of formula lasts for about two days, and the washing machine is run 3 times a day. The father of the triplets, 28-year-old Liam Tierney, doesn’t live with Becki-Jo, so her 17-year-old sister Lauren is of a great help.
Before the birth of Indiana, Becki-Jo wanted to be a natal nurse, and now she’s even more into it, especially after what she’s been through. “All assistance and medical care we got was very good,” she says. “I am happy we worked everything out.”
“I couldn’t believe it,” Becki says. “I didn’t see it might be twins, not to mention triplets. Our family deal with this for the first time ever.” Liverpool Women’s Hospital doctors scanned the mother-to-be every week. Triplets were delivered by Caesarean Section at the 31 week of pregnancy. Rocco was 1.5 kg, Roman was 1.53 kg and Rohan was 1.64 kg.
Becki-Jo has daughter Indiana, who is three years older than triplet siblings. “Indiana loves them and isn’t jealous at all,” mom admits.
Identical triplets are conceived when the fertilized egg splits twice. If twins or triplets have one membrane in the mother’s womb, as a rule, they are identical. If not, their placentas are indistinguishable from those of non-identical twins, and only DNA test can tell this for certain.
Having consulted with the Fundation, Becki-Jo took oral cavity swabs from her triplets and sent them to a laboratory for an analysis. In early May, she received the results that they are genetically identical. They are the youngest of naturally conceived kids in the UK.
In 2014, Karen Gilbert from Pontypool, South Wales, delivered triplets, and every morning she painted their toenails in different colors every to differentiate between Ffion, Maddison and Paige.
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