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Ore. parents welcome identical triplets

The three girls’ birth is a rare, ‘one in a million’ event

The Columbian
Published: August 4, 2016, 9:05pm
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First-born Raelyn stretches in her isolette while her father Logan Fletcher holds her. Raelyn was born first and weighed 2 pounds, 12 ounces. Amber Hills, of Newberg, gave birth to identical triplet girls at Providence St. Vincent in Portland, Ore., Monday, Aug. 1, 2016.
First-born Raelyn stretches in her isolette while her father Logan Fletcher holds her. Raelyn was born first and weighed 2 pounds, 12 ounces. Amber Hills, of Newberg, gave birth to identical triplet girls at Providence St. Vincent in Portland, Ore., Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. (Rebeca Bagdocimo/The Oregonian via AP) (Rebeca Bagdocimo/The Oregonian via AP) Photo Gallery

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Each identical triplet is so tiny she can fit in her father’s hand — and soon these rare medical wonders in Oregon will have painted toenails so the new parents can tell them apart.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/2axY2X4) that 19-year-old high school sweethearts Logan Brown-Fletcher and Amber Hills, from Newberg, welcomed identical girl triplets Raelyn, Avery and Elaina on Monday.

The infants were delivered at 33 weeks by Cesarean section and are in the neonatal intensive care unit.

They could come home next month.

The triplets’ neonatologist says while there are no statistics, the odds of such a birth are “one in a million.”

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