A mum of twins was gobsmacked to discover she was expecting triplets after her partner convinced her to try for one more baby. Charlotte Boon and her boyfriend, Tyrone Sobers, both 30, decided to try for another child to add to their family at the end of 2021, the Manchester Evening News reports.
The couple are parents to twins Lavae and Lovelle, nine, who were both delighted when their mother fell pregnant late last year. However, when Charlotte went for her six-week scan in December 2022, she was baffled when the sonographer told her she was expecting triplets.
Despite the initial "meltdown" the couple are "so excited" for their three new arrivals, who are due in August 2023. Charlotte, who is a carer for her son, said: “I went for the scan and the sonographer was giving me the weirdest look. Then she said: ‘There’s more than one - there’s actually three.’
“I thought she was lying. I was in shock and told Tyrone over text. He didn’t believe me either. We can’t wait now to meet them. We’re so excited.”
Tyrone said: “I was in disbelief when Charlotte said it was three. We’re looking forward to it. With the twins we were scared and didn’t know what to expect. It’s going to be a change. It’s a blessing.”
Tyrone has always wanted to have a bigger family and convinced Charlotte to start trying for another baby in late 2021. Charlotte said: “We needed to get going as the twins are already nine. We weren’t actively trying but thinking - ‘if it happens, it happens.’”
Charlotte started feeling sick and developed severe migraines in December 2022 but initially put her symptoms down to anxiety until she took a pregnancy test when her period was late.
She said: “I didn’t think anything of it until I was three days late and then it all clicked. I did a pregnancy test, and it came back positive. We were so excited, but I didn’t think it would be more than one. I Googled my hormone levels and didn’t think they seemed high.”
Charlotte went for her scan later that month alone as Tyrone had to stay at home to tend to their kids, who were unwell at the time. She said: “I was chatting to the sonographer telling her I already had twins. I thought ‘why is she staring at me?’ I was in shock when she told me I was having triplets. I was having a meltdown.”
Charlotte broke the news to Tyrone over text and had to send him the scan to prove it as she said "he wouldn't believe me for ages". The mother is likely to have a planned c-section ahead of the due date and broke the happy news to their friends and family on Christmas Day 2022.
Tyrone said: “No one believes us when we tell them. We told our family on Christmas Day. They were all shocked.” The pair are now getting ready to become a family of seven and have had to look at buying a seven-seater car for their new additions. Charlotte said: “Tyrone is so excited. He can’t wait. I’ll have had five babies in two pregnancies. It’s crazy.”
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