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Extremely rare woman gives birth to monkey triplets
In the US, a young woman gave birth to monkey triplets. The girls were born by caesarean section. According to experts, the probability of getting identical triplets is "one in a million".
Monkey triplets came by caesarean section
A young woman in the US state of Oregon gave birth to monkey triplets. According to the newspaper The Oregonian, Portland's doctors performed cesarean birth after the heartbeat of one of the three girls became weaker. The paper referred in its report to data from the clinic and the family.
A 19-year-old woman in the US has given birth to monkey triplets. The probability of getting identical triplets is according to experts at "one in a million". (Image: Shestakoff / fotolia.com) Toenails should be painted in different colors
The infants, who are only about 33 weeks old, are now on a neonatal intensive care unit. The moment when the 19-year-old Amber Hills saw her little ones for the first time was unforgettable, she called the babies "the loves of their lives". The young mother said, "I was so happy, my heart was so full and I was totally in love". It is said that parents want their girls to paint their toenails differently to distinguish them.
Probability of "one in a million"
The neonatologist dr. Craig Novack advised his mother's fiancée to "buy a lottery ticket". Even if there are no statistics, the likelihood of earning a triplicate is, according to him, "one in a million". Identical triplets are indeed extremely rare.
Identical triplets in Bochum
By principle, they arise like identical twins. Shortly after fertilization, the egg cell divides so that each one of the two cells can produce an embryo. With identical triplets, this extremely rare event occurs twice in a row. In Germany, the end of 2014 saw the birth of monozygotic triplets in the Catholic Hospital Bochum. At that time there was talk of a "century event".
More and more births
In Germany, as in many other countries, there have been more and more multiple births in recent years. Experts say the increase may be linked to hormone treatment and artificial insemination, but there is no clear evidence to support this association. However, it is known that the health risks of pregnancy with twins or multiples for mother and children increase.
Health risks for mother and children
According to medical experts, such pregnancies have an increased risk of miscarriage or premature birth. In addition, growth delays are expected in multiples due to inadequate nutrition in the mother's body. About 98 percent of multiple births in Germany are twin births. According to the Federal Statistical Office, there were a total of 13,270 women with multiple births in Germany in 2014. Of these, 12,977 twin births, 282 were triplets and eleven other multiple births. (Ad)