These Parents Of Two Boys Prayed For A Baby Girl But Got Something Completey Different

these parents of two boys prayed for a baby girl but got something completely different [Music] but before we start please make sure to subscribe to m r tv and hit the bell so you never miss any upload from us also leave a like right now we've all heard the phrase be careful what you wish for however husband and wife angie and geno colana from southern california certainly got more than they bargained for when they prayed for a little baby girl it's not that the couple couldn't conceive in fact they had their first son less than a year after their wedding then just two years later the kelowna's had another son still while angie and geno felt incredibly grateful for their happy life they couldn't help but feel like something was missing a baby girl so the couple prayed for a little girl and soon enough angie became pregnant but what the doctor told angie at her first checkup turned the couple's worlds upside down some people are destined to become great parents like angie and gino colonna in fact on the two's first date as 20-something they actually discussed their favorite baby names meanwhile before a single wedding bell rang angie and geno also decided they wanted at least one boy and one girl without a doubt these two were well on their way to becoming a perfect parenting pair it will probably come as no surprise but just a few months after their wedding angie discovered she was pregnant with the couple's first child a boy just two years later in the early 2010s angie surprised gino with the news that they were expecting baby number two thoroughly enjoying parenting the couple expanded their family and welcomed another healthy baby boy both angie and geno loved watching their sons grow up reaching new milestones every day for the new parents it seemed like they already had everything one could want a beautiful home each other and two happy healthy sons while angie and geno adored their life in southern california the parents did feel as though a certain feminine energy was missing even though they thanked god every day for their family they knew that adding a baby girl to the mix would make their family complete for a few years the couple prayed for a baby girl but none came that is until one week when angie started feeling some morning sickness just to be safe she decided to take a pregnancy test walking back and forth in the bathroom angie excitedly waited for the test results of the pregnancy test after five minutes she looked double red lines angie was pregnant again once she told geno the parents could not wait to discover if they would finally receive the girl they wanted while they would be happy to add another son in their family deep down they both hoped for a girl of course the same day angie booked an appointment with her doctor to have an ultrasound not only did they want to know the sex of the baby but they also wanted to make sure it was healthy at first everything in the initial ultrasound went fine dr danishman wheeled them into the room and explained the procedure to angie and geno of course having two sons at home the couple felt comfortable with everything so the doctor got right to work then just a minute later he delivered some incredible news they were expecting a girl incredibly happy the couple exchanged a gleeful kiss in celebration however as gina looked back at the doctor he noticed that he did not share the same look of happiness that the couple did instead dr danishman looked intently at the ultrasound staring at it in an instant both angie and geno knew that something was wrong for a moment angie and geno felt over the moon their prayers had been answered they would become proud parents to a beautiful baby girl however as the doctor continued the ultrasound his expression shifted from excitement to utter shock you see he discovered that more than one baby hid inside angie's uterus believe it or not the couple was about to have triplets as angie's doctor performed the ultrasound he noticed that she had not one but two placentas this meant that two of the baby girls were sharing one placenta and had split from a single egg making them identical twins meanwhile the third baby girl had formed from an entirely different egg this one made angie's pregnancy more rare and dangerous while their babies were healthy the doctor had little other good news for years angie and geno colonna had prayed for a baby girl now with triplets their prayers had been answered three times over thankfully the parents felt comfortable raising three girls at once however they still felt incredibly worried you see as dr danish men soon informed them the triplets pregnancy was rare in fact the possibility of having triplets are just one in four thousand but it was also more dangerous the doctor told them that angie was now more at risk for a host of diseases as well as miscarriage meanwhile the chances of having two of triplets be identical twins are even rarer it also puts those two in even more danger as they share a placenta angie and geno knew they would need to prepare accordingly to have a successful pregnancy of course angie and geno felt eager and incredibly happy to add the triplets to their growing family however due to the triplets pregnancy they needed to prepare like never before the couple's life was about to change drastically to say the least so they did the only thing they could got to work before the second trimester angie and geno had already started to interview nannies not only that but they also purchased a minivan and started reaching out to their friends family and community for support because the couple both had jobs they also set up parental leave and hours coverages however unfortunately despite all their preparation andy's pregnancy wasn't going as smoothly as they'd hoped at week 26 of her pregnancy with the triplets angie started feeling some intense pain from there things quickly became very dangerous and harrowing you see the pain came from a fluid discrepancy creating a potentially life-threatening scenario for angie and her unborn triplets we saw that the liquid for baby b was too low and for c was a little high angie explained in an interview for those not in the know the levels of fluid around the babies impact how nourished and protected the triplets are while developing angie and dr danish men knew they needed to take action right away unfortunately in order for her and the triplets to be safe they needed to take some extreme measures as angie's doctor explained to her with the fluid around the babies too high or too low the triplets were at risk of being born with brain hemorrhaging or even underdeveloped lungs because of this the mother simply could not go on living her normal day-to-day life to ensure that she and the triplets remained safe dr danishman urged angie to spend the remainder of her pregnancy in the hospital unfortunately at 26 and a half weeks all of a sudden there was a fluid discrepancy so that was time to say angie we belong in the hospital now he later explained as a typical triplets pregnancy is anywhere from 32 to 36 weeks angie would need to spend some time alone in the hospital naturally angie felt quite upset with her prognosis of course while she felt more than prepared to do anything she needed to in order to keep her babies safe at just 26 weeks pregnant it meant spending at least six weeks in the hospital alone not only that but it meant leaving the two boys alone with their father for weeks on end who himself had to continue work still geno and angie put their triplets first doing what they needed to ensure their family would grow they even made time to see each other every day on their way home from school gino and the boys would stop and visit angie at the hospital though it wasn't home they were together at least while living in the hospital to save her triplets angie kelowna needed to completely change her concept of home to help her out gino and the kids did everything they could to turn her small hospital room into an oasis they would bring her presents and games and eat their lunch with her on the weekends meanwhile the nurses felt especially empathetic towards angie's situation and would often talk to her when her family was not around they're taken away from everything that's normal tony hicks rn said in an interview with sharp healthcare so by telling them you know i understand that this is really hard for you that's huge for our patients for a moment try and put yourself into angie's shoes not only are you going through a terrifying high-risk pregnancy but you're forced to move out of your home and into a cold lonely hospital for weeks even worse you cannot help your husband take care of your two sons and need to miss work providing essential income it is a sad and scary reality to imagine for sure even though this was angie and geno's reality they felt determined to do anything to keep the mother spirits up in fact they ended up getting quite creative one of the favorite things was to have date nights in the hospital this is the date night that we never get at home angie said in a video while the couple shared a dinner across from her hospital bed as any doctor will tell you when you're delivering triplets you need a plan long before you arrive at the hospital so even though angie's medical team monitored the expecting mother 24 7 they also made contingency plans for anything that could go wrong in the team's eyes they needed to plan for things to go wrong because they often do at best even with things going perfectly there was a danger at worst the triplets could end up in the neonatal intensive care unit nicu so before angie's due date arrived she and geno toured the nicu at the hospital this way the couple could ready themselves for whatever curveballs life threw at them to some mothers and expectant mothers touring the nicu before having a baby would only terrify them more however angie remained positive throughout her stay in the hospital and tore the nicu touring the nicu and having a detailed birth plan only made angie feel incredibly calm and courageous now she knew that her team had her back no matter what you hear a lot of stories you know of triplets who don't make it or especially of identical twins the body absorbs one of them angie said i didn't see the nicu as a sad place i saw it as a place that was empowering for me soon enough angie would need to call upon that calm and courage throughout the entire pregnancy angie colona and her medical team closely monitored the triplet babies each passing day then during a routine ultrasound the doctors noticed that baby b was considerably smaller than the other two unfortunately as dr danishman told the couple this put her at a high risk of passing once again angie and geno prayed however this time they prayed for baby b to make it through the end of the pregnancy alive from that day forward the team monitored baby b even closer always making sure that everything was right as it was supposed to be meanwhile angie and geno just prayed for the three baby girls to make it to term even at week 30 the triplets would be an incredible amount of premature trouble if angie delivered them so while she remained confined to her hospital bed angie and the medical team had their goal in their sights to make it to week 34 you see if the expecting mother could make it that far without going into labor the triplets would have a much better chance to survive while angie and geno had their goal in mind that did not make things any easier as each day creeped by the only thing they could do was remain calm and pray for good things entering the 31st week of her pregnancy all angie could do was pray and hope for the best inside her mind the mother could not wait for the triplets to emerge all angie and gino wanted to do was meet the triplets however the longer the triplets stayed inside the more time they would have to develop anything could happen between now and my due date angie said in an interview with sharp healthcare at the time we could have contractions they can't control we may do an emergency c-section for us we don't count the weeks here we count the days little did she know the babies were just about ready to come out as previously stated angie and her medical team wanted her to make it to 34 weeks before the triplets came into the world however fate had other plans for this family just a week after she gave her interview with sharp at 32 weeks and one day pregnant angie began having severe contractions in mid-2012 after all that waiting the time to deliver the triplets had finally arrived as angie and geno headed to the delivery room they put their game faces on three little stars will be born tonight gina said i have some hard work ahead of me now angie added as they wheeled her into the delivery room a few hours later angie started pushing and the baby girls were ready to come out and meet their new family at the very last moment angie's medical team decided that a c-section was the best option for both angie and the triplets due to safety concerns the medical team quickly prepared the room and angie's procedure soon began one by one angie's doctors delivered all three of the triplets each weighed just under four pounds as doctors anticipated that angie might give birth earlier they were prepared each baby instantly went into their own advanced life support team to ensure they remained healthy as they looked at their daughters angie and geno named their new babies daniela annabella and camilla colonna unfortunately they could not watch them long the triplets soon went through a window to a room adjacent to the delivery room here doctors assessed stabilized and helped each baby with breathing before being transferred to the nicu although angie and geno knew that would happen it still felt heartbreaking not to hold their new children however since the babies were so small and fragile the couple felt comforted knowing the triplets were receiving the help they needed and they still weren't out of the woods just yet as each of the triplets weighed under four pounds their small lungs could barely support them this caused the triplets to have some difficulty breathing fortunately the doctors were more than prepared for this scenario as it's common with premature babies they quickly open the baby's lungs with breathing tubes ensuring constant easy breathing meanwhile a few hours later angie managed to see her babies for the first time albeit on a digital camera while it wasn't the same as holding them it was all she had for the moment as you might imagine it was hard for angie and geno to watch helplessly on the sidelines just a few hours after camilla daniela and annabella came into the world via c-section they began doing much better while they needed to remain in the nicu to avoid further complications the triplets started breathing on their own within 24 hours though they were nowhere near ready to go home they were prepared to do the next best thing meet mom and dad angie's medical team especially the nurses were really excited for the couple to finally be reunited with their baby girls i love to see the initial contact between mommy and baby alina harper and rn said i always look for that that moment that is just theirs that i get to be a part of while angie certainly had a long road ahead of her recovering from her c-section she felt great by this point both angie and the triplets were in stable condition and could finally meet each other the nurses then wheeled angie into the nicu as geno walked alongside angie and the nurse they could barely contain their excitement they were about to meet the precious angels that they had prayed so hard for finally angie and geno were led into the nicu angie wheeled over to the individual stations where the nurses watch the triplets at long last she and geno officially met the triplets as a nurse handed angie one of the girls the mother felt in complete disbelief she then turned to geno and said it feels so right even though angie and geno were only separated from the girls for a few hours it felt like an eternity i was only a few hours apart from them and i really miss them angie said so it felt good to be reunited one by one angie got to hold each camila daniela and annabella separately she relished getting to hold them as they fell back to sleep in her arms as she said it felt right angie wasn't the only one eager to meet her baby girls dad was a long too beside angie gino also took turns holding camilla annabella and daniela the nurses even tucked each of the girls into gino's shirt so they could receive skin to skin contact look at that she's opening her eyes listening to me geno said beautiful beautiful feeling after a few weeks in the nicu the triplets had grown and developed enough to finally go home finally after andy spent almost six weeks pregnant in the hospital followed by the triplets spending weeks in the nicu the entire kelowna family all resided under the same roof for the first time in what seemed like an eternity now after all this time and hurdles the family finally felt complete angie and geno had prayed for a baby girl and they got much more than they expected as the triplets grew up they continued to thrive meanwhile camilla daniela and anabella each also developed their own individual personalities so what are they up to now let's find out to the kelowna family it seems like just yesterday that angie and geno cradled their newborn girls in the nicu however in the blink of an eye the years flew by and it was time to celebrate the triplet's sixth birthday these days quite a bit has changed from those days in the hospital in 2012 in interviews angie often comments on how funny time is the six weeks in the hospital felt like forever but the girls six years flew by in what seemed like seconds thankfully after their initial stay in the hospital camilla daniela and annabella grew up without any medical complications and have a happy life alongside their loving family anyone with kids can tell you how difficult parenting can be however being a parent to five children three of whom are triplets is definitely a different kind of challenge fortunately angie and geno have found a way to make it work thanks to their commitment to putting their family first angie and geno do everything they can to make sure their kids are safe and happy what's more they make sure to always provide a happy environment for their five kids meanwhile the couple's two sons are delighted to finally have sisters they can protect and love even though they make it look easy we know that raising five children is no walk in the park just over seven years ago angie and geno were praying to get pregnant with a baby girl instead they received what they now consider the biggest blessing of their entire life triplets despite all the hurdles along the way angie and geno know that raising their family of two boys and three girls will be the most significant thing they do in life today they are no longer a happy healthy family of four they're a happy healthy family of seven with all five kids close in age angie and gina are definitely busy though they wouldn't want things to be any different in fact angie and geno called their life fun chaos now that daniella camilla and annabella are growing alongside their big brothers it's hard for angie and geno kalona to imagine their life any other way with two wonderful boys and girl triplets the couple surely feel like they have their hands full however to them it's perfect it's truly a dream come true to have them in my life angie said in a recent interview now angie and geno are living proof that if you want something with all your heart it might just become a reality you