BERLIN (AFP) - - A 34-year old German woman has given
birth to three identical girls, an event thought to occur in less
than one in a million births, doctors in Bonn said on Tuesday.
The three girls, Alexandra, Antonia and Adriana, were delivered
within seconds of each other in mid-June and all three are healthy,
the hospital said in a statement.
"At first we could not believe it: they were triplets and even
identical triplets," said the mother, identified only as Karina
P.
The triplets were delivered six weeks early as doctors were
concerned the mother's waters could break too early, endangering
the babies.
The couple already has two other daughters, six-year-old Anna
and two-year-old Diana.
"As the triplets already have a healthy birth-weight and the
mother is doing well given the circumstances, the whole big family
is positive and happy and looking to an exciting and certainly not
boring future together," the hospital statement said.
