Pregnancy is exciting and can be difficult all at once… but the subject of this article — triplet pregnancies — can be exciting, difficult, and quite interesting at the same time.

There is nothing unusual in the fact that new parents are preparing for the arrival of a new baby… They do everything they can to get the nursery ready and have it waiting to bring their baby home to.

A significant supply of diapers, either cloth or disposable are the part of the preparations. If they are using cloth diapers, more than likely they will have set up a diaper service for 3 months or so.

And this can all become quite costly for even ONE baby.

So, can you imagine what they have to do when they find out they are one of the rare triplet pregnancies?

There is nothing unusual in having twins… When having a genetic disposition it’s quite common in many families though.

However, not so with multiple babies… Having multiple babies can be the result of the fertility treatments that mother is receiving or it is especially common when the mother has opted for in Vetro fertilization or IVF.

Her eggs and her partner’s sperm have been joined together in a lab — to be fertilized.

Fertilized embryo is placed into mother’s uterus to grow. To increase chances of successful pregnancy the process includes placing more than one viable embryo in the uterus. It happens that more then one embryo survive and as a result triplet pregnancies or even more babies at once could be expected.

Maybe it doesn’t sound too difficult, however, carrying of many babies at once can prove to be a strain physically for the mother. As babies grow and gain weight inside the mother it become even more difficult to her carry them.

Obviously, it’s common for mothers who are carrying several babies to be put on bed rest in the latter part of their pregnancies.

And that’s not the whole story. Additionally, to ensure that each baby comes into the world in a safe manner and not to put in danger the health of the mother of course, the majority of these pregnancies are delivered by Cesarean section.

Apparently many of these pregnancies end in premature births and a C-section is the best way to move the babies from mother to incubators as quickly as possible without risking their well being.

Usually babies born from triplet pregnancies are expected to have low birth weights. After all, they have been sharing such a small space for the past several months, and getting their nourishment from one human.

As it is expected, it is also prepared for and most babies from multiple births have an excellent survival rate in spite of weighing less.

Even though it’s difficult, new mothers who expected to breastfeed their baby, can with some diligence, determination, and practice, also manage to feed babies born from triplet pregnancies.

IMPORTANT: Once you know for sure that you are carrying 3 babies, contact your local La Leche League. Since it’s something that they have seen happen successfully many times, they have an experienced and required knowledge to help you prepare for breastfeeding more than one baby.

Keep in mind: The best way to get ready for your new babies is to accept any and all offers of help. You are going to need it.

Also, make sure you take advantage of special coupons and discounts. Ask and let trusted family members and friends come help you and your partner care for the babies. It can help you for long run even if it is just baby-sitting or any other.

Sleep — Let them to look after your babies when you are sleeping — Sleep is a vital part of healing for the new mother, it may also become a thing of the past, so make sure you get as many rest as you can afford.

Showers – trust me they will be a vacation for you. But what really matters is that in the end, it will all be worth it… Wait, till you’ll see your babies smiling to you for the very first time.