Ron, Elkanah and Abishai Choge were born just minutes apart to parents Nicole and Caleb Choge last Thursday night at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, according to ABC News.
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Caleb and Nicole were originally told they were having twins.
"She was unsure that she could carry them, but she was very excited," Caleb said.
But a second doctor told them it was triplets.
"Then I was anxious because that's a lot of babies in one go," he said.
Dr. Danielle Reed, who is helping the three young preemies, said they were born six weeks early.
"I mean, they're only a couple days old, but so far so good," she said. "They're really lucky."
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While Reed said identical triplets are "one in a million," some reports suggest the chances are more like 20 to 30 in a million, ABC News reports.
Still, that's extremely rare.
To make the Choge triplets' birth even more unusual, Nicole decided against a C-section.
"That's such a rarity with multiple births," Dr. Reed said.
Caleb said the birth was a scary experience.
"I was scared how it would turn out because at that point, you have the life of my wife and the life of my three boys," he said.
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Now the family is focused on the future.
"We're trying to figure out how we'll do it," Caleb said. "Maybe we'll paint the nails blue, green and yellow."
A main priority is figuring out how to feed so many people.
"I always said I'd never get a van, but I think this is a humbling experience," Caleb joked.