A Louisiana couple has welcomed rare, naturally conceived identical triplets, making them the first set of multiples on either side of their family.
Baby girls Claire, Ella, and Lily Cordaro were born to Haley and Matthew Cordaro on Aug. 28 at Willis-Knighton South & the Center for Women’s Health in Shreveport, Louisiana. Naturally conceived identical triplets, otherwise known as “spontaneous triplets,” are considered to be a one-in-a-million to one-in-200-million occurrence.
The triplets have been in the Willis-Knighton South Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) since birth, and their care was overseen by Dr. Gerald Brent Whitton, who said that the babies have done very well.
The Cordaros, who also have a 3-year-old daughter, Kennedy, first learned they were expecting triplets during Ms. Cordaro’s seventh-week ultrasound. At 31 weeks, when Ms. Cordaro went into labor, her doctor, Dr. Lise Huddleston of WK Pierremont OB-GYN Specialists, was on vacation. However, Dr. Huddleston’s partners, Dr. Ricky Paul and Dr. Erin Gullatt, stepped in to supervise a safe delivery.
Dr. Whitton has predicted that Claire, Ella, and Lily will be able to leave the NICU and head home soon, but not before meeting three criteria: all babies must be eating consistently, have all breathing problems resolved, and be able to maintain body temperature in their crib.
The baby girls will head home with their mom, dad, and big sister Kennedy as soon as the Codaros adjust to their happy family having doubled in size.
