For any of us who have been pregnant or been around a pregnant person, we've inevitably heard a few of the complaints about the pregnancy journey, like the woes of morning sickness or having to make frequent trips to the restroom.
But the moment new mothers may not talk about are the minutes leading up to leaving for the hospital for a scheduled birth or cesarean section.
Entertainment often portrays childbirth as this surprise where women have to suddenly rush to the hospital, only to deliver their baby minutes later. This is hardly true for most mothers, however, especially for those with a complicated or high-risk pregnancy, or those who have to actually schedule their child's birthday.
Brittany Schneider, or @crews20 on TikTok, was full of emotions when she prepared to leave for the hospital with her husband to deliver their triplets.
In a video that has since been liked 1.1 million times and viewed 14 million times, Schneider looked down at her belly and ran her hands over it, likely saying a final goodbye to her pregnancy journey before meeting her babies.
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In earlier videos, Schneider explained that she and her husband already had a three-year-old son and were excited to find out they were pregnant.
But when they expected to see one baby during their ultrasound, they were instead greeted by three, leading Schneider to describe her future additions as "spontaneous triplets," as they were conceived without the help of fertility treatments. According to 'The Advocate,' only one in about every 10,000 pregnancies results in naturally-conceived triplets.
Trying to keep her TikTok family in the loop, Schneider shared a follow-up video in which she was on the operating table for her cesarean section and where she introduced her three babies, Andee Catherine, Georgia Eleanore, and Theodore James.
Schneider explained that all three were healthy and had been placed in the NICU but did not need to receive additional oxygen.
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Schneider's TikTok family was over the moon for her family of three-turned-family of six.
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This was a beautiful story, and based on what Schneider has already shared on TikTok, we have no doubt that we'll continue to be entertained by her family's journey.
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