1st set of triplets born at Misericordia Hospital in decades
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It's the first multiples birth of its kind in three decades at the Misericordia Hospital, and required triple the number of staff to make sure the babies and mom were all healthy.
New parents Alyssa and Taylor Borchuk are settling into their titles — to not one or two, but three healthy baby girls. Evelyn, Halley and Millie, born in Edmonton on Father’s Day.
“I’m very happy,” Taylor said.
The couple had to wrap their heads around having triplets fast.
“We always made the joke: what if it’s twins … Only one time we said: ‘What if it’s triplets?’ You definitely don’t think of that,” Taylor said.
“I just saw on the monitor while they were doing the ultrasound: ‘Fetus A, Fetus B, Fetus C, spontaneous, no IVF,'” Taylor said.
“It was quite a shock,” Alyssa said.
Alberta Health Services said there have been four sets of triplets born in Edmonton so far this year.
What is unique about the Borchuks is they had the first set of triplets born at the Misericordia Community Hospital since the late 1990s. That hospital has only helped delivery three sets of triplets ever.
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