A married couple who beat odds of one in 200 million by giving birth to identical triplets have finally been able to bring daughters home.<br /><br />The three girls - Harper-Gwen, Marvella and and Evalynn - weighed 2lb 13oz, 3lb 1oz and 3lb when they were born nine weeks prematurely on March 31.<br /><br />Now, after spending almost six weeks in a Special Care Baby Unit at York Hospital, they are now at home with dad James Casper, 26, and mum Jenni Casper, 27.<br /><br />And the babies have also been able to meet older sisters Danica, 10 and Gabriella, four.<br /><br />Proud dad Jamessaid: "Now we're at home and we've settled in with them, it's a bit surreal. <br /><br />"But we're just overwhelmed and they've met their older sisters who are absolutely over the moon and are just so excited.<br /><br />"It's amazing having them home now, it makes us feel more secure knowing that we have got them home."<br /><br />The couple were originally told they were expecting twins but were 'speechless' when they learnt they were actually having triplets at Jenni's 12 week scan.<br /><br />They then discovered that the triplets were identical at their 20 week scan. <br /><br />James, of Selby, North Yorks,. said: "Jenni rang me as soon as she found out and she told me over the phone. <br /><br />"At first I didn't believe her, I thought it was funny because we had been joking, saying 'can you imagine if we're having triplets?'<br /><br />"She sent me the scan photos of all of their three heads together and my jaw dropped.<br /><br />"I was absolutely speechless and I just didn't know what to do. <br /><br />"I was like 'what do we do now?'<br /><br />"I was in tears and then I was happy and then I was thinking how are we going to cope and it was a whole mix of emotions."<br /><br />James said that Harper-Gwen, Marvella and and Evalynn are all 'literally identical' and they are having to put them in certain chairs so they know who is who.<br /><br />The bin man said: "Now they are getting a little bit older, they are starting to grow into their features.<br /><br />"Now they are literally identical. <br /><br />"For the first two days of them being home, we left their hospital wristbands on that have their names on.<br /><br />"Now we have specific seats and bouncing chairs for them.<br /><br />"So we have three different ones and we put them in the same chair so we know which one is which.<br /><br />"If me and Jenni had to close our eyes and someone mixed them up, then it would be very difficult to work out who is who."<br /><br />As the triplets were conceived naturally and shared the same placenta in the womb, there was in a one in 200 million chance that they were going to be born. <br /><br />James has said he thinks that is 'amazing amazing', especially because multiple births don't run in either side of their family.<br /><br />He said: "It's absolutely amazing and I told Jenni she can do the lottery now. <br /><br />"If our luck is this good, then it has to keep stretching surely. <br /><br />"It's absolutely amazing, we couldn't be any happier really. <br /><br />"It's one in 200 million because they are all identical girls and they share one placenta and that was feeding them all."
