All About our Triplets
All About our Triplets & other Multiple Births
Love doesn't divide....It MULTIPLIES!
Triple Trouble!
Are they identical?
Better you than me.
Did you use drugs?
You had them really close together didn't you
How close together are they?
I bet you need a lot of help.
I could never do it.
You aren't planning to have any more are you?
When do you sleep?
How do you tell them apart?
Who's idea was this?
I can't believe you go out with them
Why aren't they always dressed the same?
What a beautiful family!
You must be great parents!
You guys look great and so well rested!
The babies are lucky to have such a great big sister.
So many good things come in threes,
Like Musketeers and ABC's.
But triplets are the best of all
From little ones to those quite tall.
And from the time such life begins,
It's extra laughter, triple grins.
With joys and mischiefs multiplied
And two defenders by each side.
So much alike, forever linked,
And yet they're also quite distinct.
They share a birthday and a name,
But moods and tempers aren't the same.
From days of youth till life is done,
It's one for all and all for one.
God made us novel and precise,
But special folks -- He made them thrice!
~*~ © Larry Howland, all rights reserved ~*~
Kid's Compairson Chart
Elizabeth
Charles Jr
Andrew
Erin
Birthday
4/23/97
12/4/01
12/4/01
12/4/01
Gestation (weeks)
37
34
34
34
Current Age
6.5 yrs
23 mo
23 mo
23 mo
Weight at Birth
6lbs 9oz
4lbs 9oz
5lbs 1oz
4lbs 1oz
Length at Birth
21"
18"
18"
17"
Came home on
4/28/97
12/17/01
12/17/01
12/23/01
Weight Now
50lbs
24lbs 6oz
23lbs 7oz
19lbs 13oz
Length Now
47"
33"
32.75"
30"
Accurate as of
8/9/03
10/24/03
6/13/03
6/18/03
You must have your hands full!
Yes, but I'd rather have them full than empty!
No - Triple Blessing!!!
Uuummm... two boys and a girl...
Boy- you're not kidding!
Yes - Daddy took Viagra.
Why, do you want some?
(thinking Erin is a singleton)
Yes, about 3 minutes!
see above
Do you need help raising your kids?
That's probably why you don't have multiples.
Why?
We're still 1 short of a basketball team
and 2 short of a hockey line.
At night - just like you.
We have their names tatooed on their bums.
Gods!
They aren't exactly old enough to stay home alone yet.
They are siblings - not clones.
Boy are you lucky!
- Worldwide there are at least 125 million living multiples.
- Triplets and Higher order Multiples (HOM) are called Super Twins
- Did you know that up to 22 percent of twins are left-handed? In the non-twin population the number is just under 10 percent.
- The United States has one of the highest rates of multiples, while Japan has one of the lowest with multiple births occurring one in 120 births.
- Twins are either fraternal or identical. Fraternal twins share the same womb, but come from different ovum. They are as alike as any pair of siblings. On the other hand, identical twins come from the same fertilized ovum and consequently share the same genetic makeup.
- The average weight of a singleton newborn is 7 lbs. 6 oz., but the average weight of a triplet newborn is 3 lbs. 12 oz.
- Genetic factors do not have much, if any, affect on the incidence of identical twins. Identical twins do not run in families.
- Among triplet pregnancies the rate of premature labor (before 32.7) wks. is 68% in 1991 and 2000.
- in 2000 approximately 73% of Multiple Mothers Breastfed their babies. (pumping/expressing included in this average) Average was for 3.1 months.
Another combination of triplets could result from the mother producing two eggs that are fertilized, and then one of those eggs proceeds to divide in two to produce two identical individuals. This would result in triplets in whom two are identical and the third is a fraternal to the others. You could have two identical girls and a boy, or two identical boys and a girl, or all the same sex, with two being identical
National Organization Mother of Twins Club NOMOTC
Mothers of SuperTwins MOST
and the Triplet Connection