A remarkable achievement has been made by Kaylie DeShane, a mother of triplets who set a new world record by delivering one of her babies five days before the birth of his siblings, resulting in the birth of the triplets falling in different decades. Kaylie, 33 years old and residing in New York, surpassed the previous record of a two-day interval between the births.
The incredible feat occurred when Kaylie went into labor for the second time, a full five days after the birth of her firstborn, Cian. This unique five-day gap led to the triplets technically being born in different decades.
Reflecting on her journey, Kaylie shared, “After attempting to conceive for four years with my husband, Brandon, 35, we decided to pursue IVF. We already had an adopted son, Holden, seven, and a stepdaughter, Naveah, 12, but we desired to give them a sibling. Opting to have two embryos implanted instead of one, we hoped to increase our chances of having a baby. We were informed that there was a ten percent chance of having twins and only a one percent chance of triplets. Therefore, we never anticipated having triplets. Discovering we were expecting three babies was a shock, but it was also incredible. We would have been content with one baby, and now we were blessed with three.”
Kaylie revealed that she received advice to terminate the two identical babies to enhance the survival odds of the third triplet due to the high-risk nature of the triple pregnancy. However, she chose to proceed with the triplet pregnancy. As an addictions counselor, she said, “At 16 weeks, it was revealed that my cervix was failing and required emergency surgery to stitch it up as I was already 1 to 2cm dilated. It was absolutely terrifying because we feared we might lose Cian, who was the baby closest to delivery. There was a risk that the surgery could rupture the sac. Fortunately, that did not occur, and the surgery was successful. For the following weeks of my pregnancy, I had to focus on bed rest to keep my babies inside me. At 22 weeks and five days, during an anatomy scan, I received reassurance that everything was fine. However, later that evening, my water broke. Being only 22 weeks pregnant, I had no idea if the babies would survive if they were born at that point.”
Kaylie described returning to the hospital and experiencing heavy bleeding, realizing she was in labor with Cian. Doctors were uncertain about the baby’s condition as they couldn’t obtain a reading on him. After spending the night at the hospital, Kaylie woke up the next morning with significant bleeding, and soon after, Cian was born.
She recalled, “After they pulled him out, they eventually managed to stabilize him. I caught a glimpse of him for a moment before he was taken to the N.I.C.U. He was so small; I couldn’t believe it. He weighed less than 1lb. I lay there expecting the next two babies to come, but nothing happened. I kept asking about the other two babies, and the doctors explained that they wanted to delay delivering them for as long as possible because it was so early in the pregnancy.”
After five days in labor at 10 cm dilated, the next two babies, a boy named Declan and a girl named Rowan, were born. Declan weighed 1lb 7oz, and Rowan weighed 1lb 1oz. As soon as Kaylie delivered the next two babies, they were stabilized, breathing tubes were inserted, and they were transferred to the N.I.C.U. The babies spent a total of four months in the N.I.C.U., and there were challenging
