Triplet Who Welcomed Triplets Of Her Own Gets Candid About Her Motherhood Journey
Judit Agota Minda who is a triplet herself is sharing her journey of becoming a mom to triplets of her own.
Minda and her fiance, Glenn Undheim welcomed their own tiny trio — Filip Alexander, Amelia Helena and Henrik Mikael — on January 29.
The first time mom is a middle triplet between two sisters, Szilvia Minda and Sofia Minda-Børdal. The 31-year-old mom told GMA:
“I wish [for] my children…to find just as much happiness and joy for having each other as me and my sisters do. Always having two best friends I can count on is magical.”
”Glenn had a million thoughts in his head — about economy, if we had time enough to take care of three children at the same time and that we would never have time of our own anymore,” she recalled, adding how she feared being pregnant with multiples could also increase complications.
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Minda said she and her partner were shocked when they learned they were expecting three babies instead of one. She added that during the first 20 weeks of her pregnancy she experienced extreme nausea and difficulty breathing.
Due to a heart condition called tachycardia, Minda also experienced high pulse. Her third trimester grew more complicated when there was a lack of blood flow in the umbilical cord of one of her children.
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Fortunately, Minda was treated by doctors and was able to carry to 34 weeks. Minda had her babies via c-section. She was given an epidural anasthesi before the surgery which for some reason did not have the expected effect and stopped working after Filip was taken out.
After Amelia and Henrik was taken out the operation was continued under anasthesia. Therefore she did not get to meet the babies before ‘long after’ the surgery.
Minda said her infants were “tiny but mighty” and her first born, Filip, experienced some episodes of tachycardia in the first two weeks.
“No more episodes after that,” Minda said, adding that her babies learned how to eat before heading home.
During her pregnancy, Minda launched her Instagram page, triplet_with_triplets, where she connects with other moms among her 34,000 followers. She said:
“Through instagram I have been known with some amazing people and other triplet parents. I have recieved a lot of support, kind messages, recommendations and all were helping me a lot.
I also get in touch with an amazing lady, Maria @triplets_of_copenhagen whom I have received tons of help and I would like to grab the opportunity to thank her for that! The cute clothes my babies are wearing are mostly all from her!
Her and her husband’s kindness and thoughtfulness have saved us a lot of time and not at least, money not needing to buy clothes for the babies! Thank to them we are being supplied with clothes for at least the first 5 months!
Right now Glenn is in Coppenhagen, picking up the baby pram Maria and Amders were using for their trio. In the meantime I am not being without help! Both Szilvia and Sofia are here and are spending the night at our place to help me with the babies.
I even got to take a 2 hours nap and had a warm meal for the first time in 5 days and did not even spend a second in the kitchen. Instagram has been a huge help to me. And I feel it’s great that I get to help other moms in similar shoes.”
Minda candidly admits that parenthood has its ups and downs, especially when caring for three infants at once. She said:
“I love being a mom but it can get very tough. I have been thrown into the deepest point of an ocean without being [taught] to swim.
Sleep deprivation has had the toll on me and my fiance. But looking at my kids, seeing them smile makes me get up with a smile every day. I have fallen irrevocably in love with them…”