A Rare Case of Triplet Extraction

Abstract

The incidence of triplet is raising several hundred percent due to wide availability of fertility therapies which is around 24%. It is associated with diferent perinatal and maternal complications. At present incidence of twins in 1in 250 pregnancy and triplets being 1 in 10,000 pregnancy. In present case report a 22 year old female with gravid 2 para 1 with trichorionic and triamniotic triplet gestation conceived spontaneously had regular ANC visits with all ANC prole. At 32 weeks of period of gestation, she went into labour and emergency lower segment Caesarean section was done extracted three preterm babies , triplet 1 female weighing 1758 grams, triplet 2 male of 1.33gms and triplet 3 female of 1.104gms and PPH drugs were kept before hand. Three resuscitation teams were kept ready to receive the babies. Babies were asphyxiated at birth and were successfully resuscitated. There was no evidence of foetofoetal or foeto-maternal transfusion and no external congenital anomaly was found in them