Within 24 hours of having their identical triplets home from hospital, Peter and Ally Buckley looked at their daughters in their home yesterday still in disbelief.
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"Wow! Look at them. I still can't believe it," the Wollongong businessman Peter Buckley said.
Much has changed for the Buckleys in recent weeks after Chloe, Eliza and Bronte were born eight weeks early in March.
But even though some people told them their lives would never be the same, they said they would not change a thing.
It was a big surprise when they found out they were having triplets at an ultrasound.
"When they heard a heartbeat, we were very excited," Mr Buckley said. "Then, they said there were two and we got a little bit nervous. Then, they told us there were three."
Mrs Buckley said: "We laughed a lot ... you know, that nervous laugh!"
While there is no consensus on the odds of having identical triplets, it is rare and could be as high as one in 200 million.
The triplets' brother, Fraser, aged two, calls them all Chloe but has already been a big help.
His sisters are colour-coded to help everyone tell them apart but the first night they still got mixed up and no-one realised one baby only was in the right cot.
While attending The Illawarra Connection on the eve of his babies coming home, Mr Buckley felt surreal knowing what was about to happen.
Then on Wednesday, when a bouquet of flowers came from the networking group, it gave he and his wife comfort, knowing they had so many caring people in their lives.
But bringing three babies home is taking some getting used to.
"We got up this morning and we high-fived because we had made it through the first night," Mr Buckley said.
"It is game on now."
Mr Buckley has taken a few weeks off work and Mrs Buckley has joined a Facebook group of triplet mums in Australia, established by the Multiple Birth Association.
A lot has changed for the married couple of four years, who initially thought about having two children only.
"It is just a matter of embracing this amazing miracle," Mrs Buckley said.
"They have been such great little girls. They settle really well and sleep really well."
