Kaylie DeShae, 33, from New York, holds the world record for the longest birth interval for triplets after breaking the previous record of two days. Her first baby was born on December 28, 2019, and the next two triplets were born five days later, on January 2, 2020.
During childbirth, her firstborn had only a 9% chance of surviving a premature birth. Despite the staggering disparity, Kaylie DeShae decided to have her three children: Rowa, Decla and Co., all of whom are alive and are under 17 months old.
Kaylie’s baby Cia was born at 22 weeks and her chances of survival were slim. For the two remaining babies, doctors want to keep them in the womb a little longer.
Kaylie said: “After trying to get pregnant for four years with my daughter Brado, 35, we decided to try IVF. We already have a stepdaughter, Naveah, 12, and an adopted one, Holde, seven; However, we wished them to have a brother. We decided to have two embryos implanted instead of just one because we believe it will increase our chances of getting pregnant.
“We decided to place two embryos instead of just one because we thought we would have a better chance of having a baby.
“We were told there was a 10 percent chance of a triplet pregnancy.
Kaylie was told she was pregnant with triplets, but doctors advised her to abort both babies to save the other’s life. Because her pregnancy with triplets was high risk. But she decided against it and instead persevered with carrying her triplets.
“At 16 weeks, it was determined that my cervix was failing and that, because I was 1 to 2 cm dilated, I would need emergency surgery to sew it up.” Fortunately, this did not happen, and in the end it worked. To keep my son by my side for the rest of my pregnancy, I must stay in bed.
When she was 22 weeks and 5 days pregnant, she had to go to the hospital for minor surgery and was told everything was stable. But unfortunately, that night she was bleeding again. I’m so happy Cia isn’t settled. And the hospital said that 22-week fetuses had ever survived and that Cia only had a 9% chance of survival. Cia was taken to the neonatal intensive care room. It’s so small I can’t believe it. She weighs less than 1 pound.
After five days of labor at 10cm dilation, the next two babies, Decla and Rowa, were born. Decla weighed 1lb 7oz and Rowa weighed 1lb 1oz.
Kaylie said: “The babies have been in the NICU for a total of four months. For everyone, it’s a matter of life and death at this point. But we do not give them hope nor do we find it difficult to fight for them.”
Decla was the first child to be brought home with Kaylie and her family on April 17 after days of conflict. Before his death date of April 26, he retired home. The next babies, Rowa and Cia, arrived on April 30 and May 4, respectively. Finally, Kaylie and his wife retired home with the entire family.
