Woman gives birth to IVF triplets three years apart in age

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A BRAUNTON mum has given birth to triplets who are three years apart in age.

Denise and Glen Higgs, of Mowstead Road, had their daughter, Mazy, three years ago through IVF treatment.

Denise gave birth to twins Carter and Carson last week, again through IVF using the same batch of embryos used for Mazy.

Glen said: "I was diagnosed with cancer aged 20 and so I had some sperm frozen. Then, I met Dee and we attempted IVF for the first time and got lucky with Mazy. They froze the embryos, so we had about six.

"Three or so years later we tried again, and were lucky again. We put two embryos in and ended up having twins. IVF doctors and nurses explained they're triplets but years apart which is a bit scary."

Denise said: "The first process is to build loads of embryos inside you, then take them all out. That one batch is one of each other, so when they inserted Mazy, they froze the other batch and every time we take one from them they take one like Mazy.

"It's hard to get your head around."

The couple found out they were expecting twins when, at five weeks, Denise suffered problems.

She said: "Heavitree Hospital in Exeter was absolutely amazing. Together with North Devon District Hospital, they gave me the best treatment. That's when we found out we were having twins.

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Woman gives birth to IVF triplets three years apart in age