A woman told 10 years ago that she would never have children has given birth to identical triplets.
Donna Carter, 34, was told she had ‘won the lottery’ when doctors revealed she was pregnant with triplets.
Her trio of baby boys, who were conceived naturally, were born seven weeks ago after a dramatic pregnancy.
The mum had to be put into an induced coma and regained consciousness to discover her boys, Adam, Miles and Damian, had been born a month prematurely.
The triplets weighed 4lb 9oz, 4lb 8oz and 4lb 5oz respectively, and are now doing well, weighing in at 7lb each.
The care worker, who is from Warsop, near Mansfield, was told she would be unable to have children because of cysts on her ovaries.
Donna had been living abroad for four years with her Egyptian boyfriend, Mahmood, who is a policeman.
She only discovered she was pregnant when she returned to the UK.
She said : “I was told at the age of 24 that I wasn’t able to have children - and now I’m blessed with three at 34.
“When I came back I found out I was pregnant - and at five weeks I was told there were three heartbeats.
“It was such a shock. They told me it was a chance in a million, like winning the lottery - and I could do with winning the lottery now for the money.”
She was referred to Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham where she was given a scan every other week.
At 32 weeks pregnant, Donna, became ill and was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and was rushed into hospital.
She said: “I was very large - I swelled up like a balloon. A week later and the boys decided to come into the world.
Due to her illness, Donna was put into an induced coma for 15 hours and the triplets were delivered by caesarean section.
