The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 12, 1997 - A@

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Meet three terrific babies
ordyn, & Paige

Austin,

ONE IS a lot of work.
Two is definitely a chal-
lenge. But three babies born
at once is an experience.

Meet the Hamer triplets,
two girls and a boy, born last
September 11 to Michelle
and her husband Roger.

Jordyn Ashley arrived
first at 4:45 p.m. that day
weighing three pounds, 15
ounces followed by sister
Paige Theresa at 4:46 p.m.
weighing three pounds, four
ounces and brother Austin
Roger at 4:48 p.m., weigh-
ing four pounds, six ounces.

It was the first pregnancy
for Michelle, 27. She made
the journey south to stay
with her parents in Hope in
advance of the births at B.C.
Children’s Hospital because
it has the facilities and
means to handle multiple
deliveries.

Although Michelle had a
C-section scheduled for Oct.

Ft

1985 and there are sugges-
tions the event last
occurred more than 30
years ago.

Michelle’s had a pretty
busy time since arriving
back in Terrace and has
been helped by family
members. Her mother,
Terry, came up from Hope
and spent a considerable
amount of time at the
house.

It goes without saying
the majority of the care

- has been in feeding them
and changing diapers.
Terry estimates the triplets
go through 140 disposable
diapers a week.

With warmer weather
rapidly approaching, the
triplets wil] soon be out
and about. The Hamers
have a stroller that’s made
for three. “We'll have to
be a long load sign on it,”

THAT’S: ROGER and Michelle Austin with daughter Biheanna and the new additions notes Roger.
9 last year, -her water broke a bo their family. From the lett they are Austin Roger, Jordyn Ashley and Paige Theresa.

Trips through the mall by

* nionth edilier. Roger, a loader”

operator for Cedar River Timber in the
Hazeltons, was fortunate to be on hand for
the births. “I got the phone call on a
Tuesday night, began driving right away
and got there with half an hour to spare,” he
says of his journey south.

The triplets spent time first at B.C.
Children’s, then moved to a special section
at Royal Columbian Hospital and then to a
hospital in the Fraser Valley.

They finally arrived back up north the

beginning of the new year and are fitting
right in at the Hamer residence.

It took a day or two to give each of the
triplets their names. “The ones we had writ-
ten down, we didn’t pick,” says Michelle.

There’s no history of multiple births in
either of their families save twins born to
one of Roger’s cousins. “It’s the luck of the
draw,” says Michelle. Health ministry sta-
tistics indicate there have been no triplets
born to a Terrace area person since at least

Michelle ‘take a Idng time
because of the attraction caused by the tri-
plets. And she tends to get a lot of ques-
tions, not all of them which make much
sense. “Are they really triplets?” seems to
be one that fits into the last category.

It’s particularly an interesting time for
Roger as he doesn’t see the triplets for five
days at a time because of his job in the
Hazeltons. “They're getting bigger all the
time,” says Roger when he returns home
for the weekend.

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