A woman who started menopause in her 30s has become a mother of identical triplets.

After eight months of inconsistent periods and trying to conceive naturally, Hollie Gambrel, then 32, was told she was premenopausal. Hollie and her salesman husband David, 34, from Texas, were determined to become parents – even if it meant using an anonymous egg donor.

The couple were delighted when friends and family for came together to help them fund the $30,000 treatment.

In September 2019, the couple found out the fertilised egg had split into three – the odds of this happening was one in every 200 million. Rory, Ryder, Rhett are now one-year-old and Hollie, who was a teacher, couldn’t be happier.

Hollie and her salesman husband David, 34, from Texas, are parents to identical triplet boys Rory, Ryder, Rhett after friends and family raised $15,000 towards fertility treatment with a donor egg

Hollie Gambrel showing her 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 bump with husband David. The couple were shocked to learn that their fertilised donor egg had resulted in three idential babies, at odds of one in 200 million

The stay-at-home mother said: ‘I’m speechless sometimes because I can’t believe I have three babies. I want others to know there is a way – it may not be the way you planned but it will always work out. I was heartbroken about not having my own but happy that my husband was able to have his own biological 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦’.

The couple began saving every penny they earned to fund the costly IVF treatment.

Rory, Ryder, Rhett, one, with their parents. The boys were delivered by Cesarean section at 34 weeks

Their generous friends and family donated more than $15,000. In May 2019, Hollie selected a donor who had similar characteristics to herself such as blonde hair and a keen runner.

She said: ‘ I felt so grateful picking a donor. It was amazing to know there was someone who would give their eggs so I can try and have my own family. We were able to see the profiles and photos of different women who were approved by the doctor’s office’.

Hollie sais she’s thankful for the donor and not fazed that the babies weren’t created with her eggs, and says that she will explain to her sons when they’re old enough to understand

From 29 eggs, just one embryo was transferred on August 7 2019, but luckily a blood test revealed Hollie was pregnant just over a week later

‘I chose a woman who looked like me with blonde hair, but she had blue eyes and I have brown. She was a similar height, athletic and a runner – like me. There were 29 eggs available but just one embryo was transferred on August 7 2019’.

She adds: ‘On August 16, a blood test revealed I was pregnant. We were ecstatic as we had been waiting for this result for two years’.

Hollie gained 50lbs while pregnant and said that she had no other issues other than a huge bump, despite carrying three babies

‘But nothing could have prepared us for the news we received at the four-week scan. We turned bright red when they said ‘three babies. I was in disbelief and I couldn’t stop laughing. I thought it was a joke. David was speechless. It took us a while to get our heads around but I was over the moon..’

She added: ‘Pregnancy was the best thing ever. I had no issues apart from a huge stomach. I gained 50lbs but it was fine. Hollie was fortunate enough to work until 33 weeks before having a planned C-section one week later. The babies were taken into NICU but they were thriving’.

The couple coul dnot be happier with their three sons, even though life has become ‘crazy’ with lots of ‘running up and down the stairs, bottles, nappies, kisses and cuddles’

Hollie, who shares updated on the family life on her Instagram account @gambreltrrriplets, describes life with three babies as ‘crazy’. The couple upsized their two-door jeep to a minivan ahead of their arrival.

She said: ‘There’s a lot of running up and down the stairs, bottles, nappies, kisses and cuddles. Rory and Rhett play with each other the most whereas Ryder is focused on playing with a toy alone.

‘We are so thankful for everyone who helped us on this journey. It’s worth it. it just took three of us rather than one. I am thankful for the donor and not fazed that the babies weren’t created with my eggs’.

‘All I have to do is look into their eyes and then I can see how much they love me – so it doesn’t bother me. As soon as they’re old enough to understand, they will know a stranger helped get them here’.

Source: asnow