Anna Mitchell, 30, had thought she would never be a mum again after she tragically lost 4 babies.
However, when her mother passed away, she left Mitchell some money in her will, with which she used to pay for IVF treatment.
Suprisingly, she later found out that she was pregnant with not just one baby, but 3. She gave birth to her triplets, and the new family is set to celebrate their first Christmas together.
"It was life-threatening to me to lose these babies as each time my fallopian tube could have burst," she said.
"Doctors removed one of my fallopian tubes. It was devastating, it was taking away some of the chance I would have to be a mum.
"After losing my third baby I couldn't believe it. I had already lost three babies. I was terrified I was never going to be a mum."
The first round of IVF resulted in a miscarriage. Nobody would have blamed them for giving up on their dream family but they persevered and attempted another round.
When they discovered they were pregnant following another round of IVF they couple were ecstatic.
"And there it was - a little heartbeat pumping away. I cried with relief. I'd lost four babies, and now here it was, a heartbeat in the right place at last.
"I felt as though mum was looking down on me and helping me along."
But at 13 weeks pregnant, the sonographer had amazing news for them - there wasn’t just one baby in there, but three.
She said: ‘I nearly fell off the table with shock. Then I started crying all over again. I wasn’t just having one baby, I was having three.
The babies were born one after the other, by caesarian at the Kingsmill Hospital in Mansfield. Summer weighed 3Ib8 and the identical twins Joseph at 3Ib8, and Jacob at 4Ib5.
"I'd waited all these years to have a baby, and now three were all coming at once. And it was all thanks to mum, it was her triple gift from heaven for me."
Did you ever almost lose hope that you might one day become a mother?
