Mum-of-four gets pregnant with triplets before tying tubes

Bobbie Rutland had already decided she was going to get her tubes tied when she got the surprise of her life. 

The mother-of-four was pregnant – this time with triplets. 

‘I laughed at first, and then I cried,’ the 31-year-old told Daily Mail Australia about the day she received the news. 

‘And then I laughed some more, and then I cried some more.’  

Bobbie Rutland (pictured with Emma and Cooper) had already decided she was going to get her tubes tied when she got the surprise of her life – she was pregnant with triplets 

‘I laughed at first, and then I cried,’ the 31-year-old told Daily Mail Australia about the day she received the news,’ she said (pictured: 

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Bobbie – who is unable to use most forms of contraception – had been so sick during the first 12 weeks of her pregnancy that her husband, Shane Sutherland, joked that she might be having twins. 

The Western Australia mum had been nervous when she first found out she was pregnant again, but also excited that her youngest would have a sibling so close in age.

But when she and Shane heard those three distinct heartbeats, the couple couldn’t help but also feel a little scared of their growing family. 

And the triplets made sure that their arrival into the world would be just as surprising as the news of their existence. 

The Western Australia mum had been nervous when she first found out she was pregnant again (pictured), but also excited her youngest would have a sibling so close in age

But when she and Shane heard those three distinct heartbeats, the couple couldn’t help but also feel a little scared of their growing family (pictured with Emma and Charlie)

Bobbie was ordered to take bed rest in the hospital for two weeks after she began having contractions at the 28-week mark. Just a day after she was finally able to go back home and rest, the contractions began again.

By 8pm that Tuesday night Bobbie and Shane knew she was in labour and so rushed to the nearest hospital, in Armadale. 

Jeanine Vlyminck, the same midwife who had delivered Bobbie’s one-year-old son, requested that the couple be transferred to a specialist hospital. 

By 9pm on March 7 all three triplets had been welcomed into the world, 10 weeks before they were due (pictured: Emma and Charlie)

But she immediately realised there wasn’t enough time and called for an emergency caesarean. 

Twenty minutes after she went into labour, Bobbie was giving birth. 

By 9pm on March 7 all three triplets had been welcomed into the world, 10 weeks before they were due. 

There was one boy, Cooper, weighing 1.4 kilos, and daughters Emma and Charlie, weighing 1.2 kilos and 1.3 kilos respectively. 

Bobbie said all three babies are now doing ‘fantastic’. 

‘They’re all above their birth weight and just came out of their incubators yesterday and are in the little cots,’ she said. 

‘They’re doing absolutely fabulous.’ 

Bobbie said all three babies are now doing ‘fantastic’; she added that ‘having seven of them is going to be an experience!’

The babies will stay in hospital until they gain enough weight to go home and join their their 11-year-old sister and brothers aged nine, eight and one.

Bobbie said her children can’t wait to see the triplets, who they have not yet been able to meet as Cooper, Emma and Charlie are still in the NICU.

But the mum-of-seven is ‘excited’ for the big family to come together.

‘I’m scared, obviously, bringing three babies home instead of one, but I’m excited.’ 

‘Just being able to spend time with all of the kids, obviously having seven of them is going to be an experience!,’ she added.   

Although she is going to have her hands very, very full, Bobbie has made sure to book an appointment to get her tubes tied once and for all. 

‘I do not intend on having any more children,’ she said. ‘Seven children is more than enough!’  

The family are raising money for their family of nine on GoFundMe. You can donate here.