At the very first ultrasound, it was early. It was six weeks, five days and you know the ultrasound
tech said: Here's your baby. And we saw the baby and then she said and over here
there's identical twins and I said what, I said are you saying there's three? And actually I started
crying because the clinic had told us that we couldn't carry three. So it actually wasn't
exciting at first not because we didn't want three, but because they wanted us to terminate
the identical twins. They said that gave us the best chance of a healthy pregnancy and we said
no, we're keeping them. Our pregnancy, I would say, started really easy. I didn't have any symptoms, I
never got sick, I actually felt great. I loved being pregnant because I wanted to be pregnant so badly
and then at 16 weeks we went for an ultrasound and that was actually when we found out gender
and they also noticed on that ultrasound that something was wrong with my cervix - it
was shortening and funneling. So then they give you an option. They basically say you can miscarry them
on your own because that's probably what's going to happen or you can get a circlage,
which is stitching of the cervix to sew it shut. That went well, the stitching went well and
then I had no more issues until the day of our anatomy scan. I was frightened from the
day they said there were three in there so when they told us that we had three expecting, I knew
things weren't going to go as smoothly as everybody thought they were going to go.
And it was like nine o'clock maybe and I stood up and it was just like in the movies: Dramatic water
breakage. I mean it just everywhere, all over the hotel floor. At the time, I looked at my husband and
I said we're screwed I just killed our babies. That's what I said. I felt like my body failed
and I get really emotional when I talk about it, I'm sorry, it was really scary. Well,
the next morning I woke up and had bleeding and she went to do a check and she sat down
next to me and she said this is about to move very quickly. We cannot get a heart rate on Cian.
Sorry. He's in the birth canal um and we don't know if he's okay and so we have to get him out.
She said we're rushing you to the OR, we have to get them out.
And then they took Cian out and they said that his heart rate was only 30. And we were really
scared and they asked us again do you want us to resuscitate him if we need to? What are we allowed
to do? And we said everything, everything you can do do all of it. And it's a little-known fact
that a lot of hospitals in the United States will not even attempt to save a 22-weeker.
And then for five and a half days, I had contractions on and off. My
epidurals kept failing, I wasn't allowed to get out of bed so I had to have a catheter
until five and a half days later - I got sick. I got an infection because Cian and Declan are
identical, they cut Cian's cord and they have to just leave it and so because of that you're
exposed and I got an infection and that's ended up because I got a fever they had to take them.
I was on autopilot, I was just there for her and you know everything I could do for her
to make her comfortable that's what I did so I didn't even have a chance to think of
what I needed or what was going on with me it was just focus on Kaylie, focus on the babies and make
sure everything that she needs is taken care of. Aside from what the doctors can do, what can I do.
There were many medical needs. They were intubated quite a while, lots of scares. They got what's
called NEC (N-E-C) which is a very deadly disease. Cian had it once and Rowan had it twice and
Cian also had pneumonia. Their skin is like paper when they're born that soon, they're bright red
it's awful to see. They don't look like babies , they're not cute you know, it's scary.
This is Declan, this is Cian, this is Rowan.
The triplets just turned two. Of course, Cian first
in December and then the other two this January.
The triplets are, they're your typical two-year-olds. I mean, they're running around,
they're climbing furniture, they're jumping off things, they eat on their own - they want to eat all
the time! So, they're just yeah they're just your typical two-year-old running around being happy.
I think they love having a big brother and sister, especially rowan and I'm proud of my dad,
I'm proud of the triplets, I'm proud of Kaylie. I love them all so much, I'm proud of all of us.
They need constant attention because they're still really little and they're only two.
They like having an older brother because I always get them laughing and cracked up.
I think it's amazing that they got the title and that they got the record. Most of it comes
from Kaylie, she's an amazing woman. For her to go through that for five whole days is stronger
than anything I've ever seen in my life. It's the triplets that I wanted the award for, I'm proud of
them. They fought and survived and they have scars all over from all the needles and they are the
warriors, not me and I wanted a record for them. I wanted them to know later what they went through.