{"id":5143,"date":"2025-04-08T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/5143\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T12:32:28","slug":"woman-trying-for-baby-ends-up-with-triplets-after-her-family-was-hit-by-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/5143\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman trying for baby ends up with triplets after her family was hit by Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A WOMAN trying for a baby ended up pregnant with triplets \u2014 after her family was hit by Covid.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Floyd, 37, and partner David, 41, had to isolate when her daughter contracted the virus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mother holding her newborn triplets.\" height=\"960\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/decided-try-one-baby-complete-981763015.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sarah Floyd ended up pregnant with triplets after her family was hit by Covid\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/decided-try-one-baby-complete-981763015.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Floyd ended up pregnant with triplets after her family was hit by CovidCredit: supplied<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Family portrait of parents with their five children.\" height=\"960\" width=\"711\" data-credit=\"Neil Hope\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sarah-floyd-partner-david-lloyd-981760775.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sarah Floyd, 37, and partner David, 41, with 4 of their kids\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/sarah-floyd-partner-david-lloyd-981760775.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Floyd, 37, and partner David, 41, with 4 of their kidsCredit: Neil Hope<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Three newborn triplets wearing red knitted hats sleep in a hospital crib.\" height=\"720\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/decided-try-one-baby-complete-981763024.jpg\" data-caption=\"Triplets Noah, Isla, and Mila were born in March 2022\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/decided-try-one-baby-complete-981763024.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Triplets Noah, Isla, and Mila were born in March 2022Credit: supplied<\/p>\n<p>But their ten-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lockdown<\/a> in 2021 provided the spark they needed to expand their family.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah said: \u201cWe had just started trying for a baby a month before and during our ten days in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">isolation<\/a> there wasn\u2019t much else to do!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy body released either two or three eggs on that cycle, instead of the usual single egg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if we had missed falling pregnant that month, we wouldn\u2019t have had the triplets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sarah added: \u201cI went for my 12 week scan and the sonographer ran the scanner over my stomach and said \u2018the heartbeats are doing really well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought she was joking, then another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/gp-doctors-surgeries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doctor<\/a> came in and said I was having triplets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid and I were speechless.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Afterwards we were looking forward to meeting them all, but we didn\u2019t over the shock until they were born.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Triplets Noah, Isla, and Mila were born in March 2022 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/family\/page\/2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family<\/a> have just \u00adcelebrated their third birthdays.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah, a cleaner from Torpoint, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/cornwall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornwall<\/a>, added: \u201cWe never expected that Covid would end up \u00adgiving us triplets!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Group photo of a large family and their dog on an afternoon walk.\" height=\"782\" width=\"590\" data-credit=\"Sarah Floyd\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/floyd.jpeg\" data-caption=\"(right to left)David Lloyd and Sarah Floyd with son Presley (red top) , son Kieran (orange top) and triplets Noah, Isla and Mila, Sarah's sister Melanie with dog, and Kayla and boyfriend Aston (Left)\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/floyd.jpeg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>(right to left)David Lloyd and Sarah Floyd with son Presley (red top) , son Kieran (orange top) and triplets Noah, Isla and Mila, Sarah&#8217;s sister Melanie with dog, and Kayla and boyfriend Aston (Left)Credit: Sarah FloydI had 3 babies in 10 months and they&#8217;re NOT triplets\u2026 people think it sounds crazy and it was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A WOMAN trying for a baby ended up pregnant with triplets \u2014 after her family was hit 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