A mother has given birth to rare naturally conceived mixed triplets, where two are identical and one is a fraternal sibling. Georgie Eustace, 34, and her husband Oliver, 36, welcomed their triplet boys George, Max, and Edward home on Saturday, June 27. Max and George are identical, from one egg, and Edward from a separate egg, a rare phenomenon called dichorionic-triamniotic triplets.
High demand for supplies
Now home, the triplets go through 270 bottles and 40 packs of 28 nappies a month. The couple, who also have daughter Eve, three, prepared by stocking up and ordering in bulk. Georgie estimates she has spent £55 on nappies so far and said friends have donated nappies to the family.
Georgie, a teaching assistant, from Wolverhampton, said: "Life is crazy and overwhelming. It doesn't look the way I thought it was going to when we started trying for a second child."
Rare pregnancy journey
Georgie and Oliver, who works for an x-ray company, planned to have two children. They were excited to find they were expecting shortly after they started trying for a second child in November. The couple were stunned to be told they were expecting triplets, at a routine 12-week scan on Jan 15, 2026 at Walsall Manor Hospital, and that all three babies were boys at a 17-week scan. A study called 'pregnancy incidence and associated risk factors of dichorionic triamniotic triplet under assisted reproduction' says dichorionic-triamniotic triplets is very rare in spontaneous triplet pregnancies.
There is no history of multiple births in either of their families, Georgie said. Georgie, who shared the story on Talk to the Press, said: "To be honest I was petrified at first, I immediately started worrying about whether I'd get them to term. Then I just got excited, this was an amazing thing to happen to us. Apart from a bit of sickness and feeling tired I was fine in the pregnancy. At 33 weeks just before they were born I did look full term, I was massive."
Birth and routine
The boys were born by elective c-section on June 5 at Birmingham Women's Hospital at 10.30am. George weighed 4lb 6oz, Max 4lb 10oz and Edward 3lb 12.5oz. They stayed in special care for three weeks while Max and Edward were given oxygen.
Georgie said: "It was incredible to have them all put on me at the same time, they were so tiny. The funny thing is that they all look the same, even though only George and Max are identical." Now home, Georgie has a strict routine to stay organised. She lives each day in roughly three-and-a-half hour cycles - a nappy change and feed for each baby, taking a half hour each, followed by cuddles and then a nap.
Each baby has around eight nappy changes and eight bottles of milk a day. The couple also do two loads of laundry a day - just for the triplets. Georgie said: "My life is incredible, but it does not look the way I thought it would. It's exhausting. I never stop, but it's lovely too. The house is like a tardis. We pre-stocked on everything, the nappies were on offer at 81p and they can sometimes be as much as £4. The only way to get through this is by being super organised. Everything has to have its place."
Managing family life
Georgie has now had to buy three packs of 58 nappies of the next size up for £1.67 each. The family-of-six just about fit in their two-bed home, with Eve and the sleeping parent having a room each upstairs while the triplets sleep in the sitting room with the parent 'on shift'. They take two cars for a family trip at the moment because they haven't decided what to do about a bigger car.
Georgie said: "I worry about how much shopping will cost in the future, and how long we can stay in our lovely little house. But it's also incredible - you just need to change your mindset. It's about taking each day at a time. You need to make a schedule with enough space for the inevitable stuff like one baby not settling or waking early. You have to meet each challenge head-on and know you'll get through it. I do wish there was more time to just sit and cuddle each of them, you really have to make the most of each moment because it's so busy."
