Penn Triplets
Penn Triplets,
Patchogue, N.Y
Penn Triplets
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Tom Penn, 46, and Alison, 31, were married four years ago and immediately began trying to start a family. Little did they know that when Alison did get pregnant, they would become parents of three children instead of the one they were hoping for.
The triplets, carried to 35 weeks and weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces (Logan); 4 pounds (Eli); and 4 pounds, 11 ounces (Collin) at birth, are identical triplets, the first known to be born on Long Island in almost 15 years.
The triplets were born by Caesarean section Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, Long Island.
The couple, who both work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and reside in Patchogue, N.Y, decided against fertility drugs and chose in vitro fertilization because they wanted to narrow their odds of having multiple births by implanting a single embryo. But nature had other plans, and the single embryo that was implanted in her uterus split once to produce twins, and one of the two split again to produce identical triplets. Estimates on the odds of identical triplets being born range from one in every 60,000 births to one in 200 million births.
Tom estimates that the family will go through 10,000 diapers a year, but North Shore University Hospital is donating a two-year supply for the boys.
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