Naturally conceived identical triplets born in Texas 'a miracle'
Sylvia Hernandez and Roel Torrez,welcomed Catalina, Ximena and Scarlett on May 16. (Source, Corpus Christi Medical Center) Supplied
The father of identical triplets born in a Texas hospital says his three daughters, including conjoined twins, are "a miracle" sent by God.
The triplets, born on Saturday were formed from a single egg that split three ways.
Doctors told the family that the odds of having naturally conceived identical triplets, including two who are conjoined, was about 1 in 50 million, The Washington Post reported.
The babies were delivered by Caesarean section in the 34th week of pregnancy, the hospital said in a news release.
All weigh 2.1kg and are breathing on their own, the hospital said.
The conjoined twins - Ximena Jackeline and Scarlett Juliet could be subjected to an operation to separate them later this year, news reports said.
They are joined at the pelvis.
The other baby has been named Catalina Montserrat.
"God gave these babies to us for a reason and it's a miracle that he sent them to us," their father, Roel Torrez, told The Post.
"If they don't get separated, we don't care because that's what God sent us and they are our little miracles."
Torrez and his wife, Sylvia Hernandez, already have a two-year-old son.
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