This is truly one of the most unusual and fascinating cases of multiple births we've ever seen.
In 1998, Lisa and her husband Adrian were struggling to conceive a baby, so they decided to try fertility treatments. Doctors collected 24 eggs from Lisa, and found that 14 were successfully fertilized. After two of the embryos were implanted, twin girls Megan and Bethany were born. The 12 leftover embryos were placed into freezer storage at the clinic.
In 2009, Lisa and Adrian decided to expand their family. So, they went back to the very same clinic and implanted one of the 12 embryos that had been frozen in time. The doctors warned the family that Lisa's body may reject the embryo — but what happened next left everyone stunned.
Scroll down to see what happened to that last implanted embryo…
Twin girls Megan and Bethany Shepherd were born after their parents underwent fertility treatments. Since mom Lisa couldn't conceive naturally, she decided to freeze 12 leftover embryos.
Those embryos — conceived at the same time as Megan and Bethany — sat frozen in time for 11 years.
In 2009, Lisa and Adrian decided to expand their family. Megan and Bethany were so excited to have a sibling! So, Lisa went back to the very same clinic where the twins were conceived and implanted one of those 12 leftover embryos.
The doctors warned the family that it was possible for Lisa's body to reject the frozen embryo.
In a miraculous twist of fate, Baby Ryleigh — who was conceived at the exact same time as her twin sisters — was born 11 years after Megan and Bethany!
The family's doctors were blown away by this exceptionally rare case of triplets. For example, we've seen twins born 87 days apart, but a triplet born after 11 years? No way.
After this record-breaking 11-year gap in time — triplets separated by a whole different century, even — the Shepherd family was complete.
In the end, one thing's for sure: Baby Raleigh is a miracle of modern medicine.
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