Ellie shares how she found out that her triplet girls no longer had a heartbeat at 20 weeks. When they were born in January 2026 they were the most beautiful girls Ellie had ever seen, and in the hospital she and her partner were given a Sands memory box which gave them comfort and they spent five precious days reading, singing and holding their daughters. 

My name is Ellie, and on the 28th of January 2026, we found out that our triplet girls no longer had a heartbeat at 20 weeks. 

Delilah and Harper were mono-mono twins, and Ocean was a TRAP sequence baby. Meaning she wasn’t supposed to have certain body parts and she had a heart on the outside of her body. 

All three of my girls were loved more than words could ever explain. I dreamed of what they would look like, sound like, smell like… I imagined their futures and looked forward to being a part of their journey in this big, wide world. But instead, it is me telling their very small story, a story so small, yet one that has changed the course of my life forever.

On the 30th of January 2026, they were born — quiet, small, fragile, yet the most beautiful girls I had ever seen.

I spent five precious days with my girls. I read to them, sang to them, and held them. I mothered them for as long as God would allow me. When me and my partner were in hospital with our girls we received a Sands memory box. That memory box gave me and my partner so much comfort. I remember how much I lit up when it come in the room because I had no idea what to do with myself after and that box gave me something to do with my babies before I said goodbye. 

My girls fought so hard to be in this world. Despite all the odds and the doctors’ opinions, they did so well. If it wasn’t for Ocean, neither of her sisters would have survived — she kept them here for as long as she could.

They said she would have no arms or legs, barely even a head, but she was beautiful. She had everything, apart from only having her middle finger and thumb on her left hand — her mum’s attitude, apparently. 

Harper and Delilah came into this world holding each other, holding on so tightly, into a world that didn’t deserve them.

All together I have suffered from eight losses. I’ve lost my babies at four weeks, eight weeks, 11 weeks and five weeks, then I got pregnant with my son and his twin who we unfortunately lost at eight weeks too. Then I got pregnant with my triplet girls. 

My girls were beautiful. Their brother Ryder would have loved them so much. I will forever remind him of all of his beautiful brothers and sisters who live in the sky, watching over him.