MN Mom With 2 Uteruses Is Expecting Triplets

ST. PAUL, MN — A mother from Hutchinson, Minnesota with two uteruses is expecting triplets.

Chelsie Pietrobon and her husband, Alex, are parents to a 2-year-old boy named Frank who is "an absolute miracle and a blessing to our family."

And Alex writes on their GoFundMe page: "I am sure almost every parent can relate to… once that baby gets a little older you start to miss that infant stage and the baby fever returns. We decided to try for one more… clearly God has bigger plans for us."

The couple found out they were pregnant "very quickly this time," and during the eighth-week ultrasound learned they were having triplets.

"I could only find 5 reported cases of uterus Didelphis triplets happening in the world," writes Alex. "To make this even rarer is that there is one baby in the right uterus and two in the left! All three babies have their own placenta, which means that the two on left might not be identical!"

A triplet pregnancy comes with a lot of potential medical risks and complications. But on top of those is Chelsie's medical history, which includes a life-threatening illness when she was 16 that required a medically induced coma and left her with lasting kidney damage and an auto-immune disease.

The couple plans to deliver at the Mother and Baby Center in St. Paul and is expecting many subsequent nights in the NICU.

As of last week:

Baby A is weighing in at 1 pound 11 ounces and is in the 27th percentile. She is doing well!

Baby B is weighing in at 1 pound 3 ounces and is measuring in less then 3rd percentile. She is doing well and everything is still staying stable.

Baby C is weighing in at 1 pound 9 ounces and is measuring in the 8th percentile. She is also doing well and is stable as well.

You can read more about their journey and donate to the Pietrobon family here.