'HAPPY CHAOS'

I had three babies in just ten months – and people ALWAYS ask the same question

Louise also shares how the family have just braved their first holiday

World’s most premature baby born 131 days early defies odds to reach 1st birthday

A MOTHER had three babies in the space of ten months — and considers them triplets.

Daughter Ava’s premature birth at 29 weeks in December 2018 left the tot with disabilities including cerebral palsy.

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Parents Louise Bailey and Chris Goulden with daughter Ava and twins Lucas and Elijah

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Mum Louise considers her children Eva, Lucas and Elijah triplets

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Lucas and Elijah were early arrivals, at 30 weeks

Parents Louise Bailey and Chris Goulden, both 34, were still reeling when she got pregnant with twins soon after having forgotten to take the Pill.

Lucas and Elijah were also early arrivals, at 30 weeks in October 2019. Louise, from Dover, said of her brood: “They’re all so amazing.”

“The best part for me is watching their relationships with each other developing.

“They are all kind and considerate and very happy.

“Three babies in 10 months was not part of the plan at all – we just couldn’t think what to do, we were so shocked.

“The first few years were just a blur – it was all about survival. We seemed to be up all night with them in sequence.

“Things started to feel a bit more settled about a year ago, but it’s still a very happy chaos.”

The family have just braved their first holiday, to Menorca, in the summer.

Louise said: “It was very hard navigating being a first-time parent with a child with complex needs and having premature twins to look after.

“It was terrifying and very overwhelming.

Premature baby boy born with a full head of hair after side effect of mum’s medicine

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Louise holds babies Lucas and Elijah after giving birth to them in October 2019

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Daughter Ava’s premature birth at 29 weeks in December 2018 left the tot with disabilities including cerebral palsy

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Louise says the best part of having kids is ‘watching their relationships with each other developing’

“I was definitely more anxious than your average first-time mum.

“Now we just roll with it.”

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