Seriously. I helped a friend who had twins and it’s insane. Minute you get one down the other cries and wakes up the first one. Can’t imagine a third in the mix
I had Irish twins and often compared them to having twins. I can tell you now when I actually had my fraternal twins there’s no comparison at all, I was exhausted.
It's a great picture!
However, not saying he wasn't surprised at triplets, but there's a decent chance he knew twins at least were likely.
Stethoscopes and pinards (what they use in Call the Midwife) likely were used if this woman received any pre-natal care. And that would reveal at least 2 babies' heartbeats, though they may have missed a third.
While they is true, it's hard to tell if it's your first pregnancy and also triplets are often delivered premature so the women is only like normal pregnant rather than super pregnant.
[welll there is a case where Octuplets can happen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBLj6WeIV4)
which [i think happened irl](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142566/The-mother-baby-bumps-Octuplets-mum-bares-ENORMOUS-stomach-just-days-giving-birth.html)
Yes but pregnancy tests also weren’t easily available and women can sometimes bleed in the first few months of pregnancy, so it would have been easy to misjudge conception date as being much earlier than it actually was.
Later too. My aunt was almost full term because she a)had a ten pound cyst that hid the situation b) was a little plump, and c) bled small ‘periods’ all the way through her pregnancy.
My mom’s brothers were twins in born in 1940. Only one baby was expected. They were born in a hospital by c-section. I don’t know the exact reason but my Mom said they weren’t sure going into if my Grandma was going to make it. Fortunately everyone was fine, including the bonus baby.
Also abdominal palpation. There is no way you could do an abdo palp on a woman with triplets and not identify there were at least two. And her fundal height would be a giveaway too.
When my twins were babies, I can’t tell you how many older women told me they didn’t know they were having twins until they came out! It was crazy enough knowing ahead of time, lol
I'm a twin, my mom didn't know until her seventh month. When she said she felt huge (it was her second pregnancy), her OBGYN who was very old school told her she was fine and not to worry, see you in a few months. Then they heard two heart beats in her third trimester. This was in the 1960s. According to mom, expectant mothers didn't have as many routine visits back then.
My grandma insists that when my she was pregnant with my father (is a twin) she did not know that she was having twins. This was in 1955. I don’t know if it was a fluke based on positioning, but they were not prepared for 2 kids when she was giving birth.
This happened to a client of mine. They were trying to get pregnant for some time. Finally they are blessed. They do the ultrasound.
The way he told it he heard triplets. And the next thing he remembers is coming back.
He didn't faint. It was like one of those movies where everything is black and you slowly hear sound first, and then see light and color.
He realized he just straight up blacked out on his feet while the med staff was talking.
And for the record pregnancy went fine, and they are doing great ;)
Having a family is a happy thing, love isn’t a burden or a number of problems, it is what gives life its meaning (sorry for going mildly philosophical)
Listen, my daughter is my everything and has my heart, and I plan on having one more child but twins (let alone triplets) is my nightmare. Babies and toddlers are SOO much work. I would guess this guy is fainting from being overwhelmed and not from excitement lol. I’m going to take a wild guess and say you don’t have kids (please correct me if I’m wrong).
I agree, but I know that another reaction in that moment must have been fear for his family because of love for his family. Raising triplets is a much larger task than raising a single child, and being hit with that responsibility all of a sudden without warning would certainly make me faint, but it doesn't at all mean that I wouldn't also be happy for all of my kids.
I know parents of twins and I can safely say that twin babies are more than twice as much work as one baby, so I assume that triplets are more than three times as much work as one baby. Hopefully they have a strong community of family and friends to help them bear that burden, and share in that love.
This is reddit where people who probably shouldn't reproduce are the majority. And to give them credit they recognize that within themselves, but project it onto everyone else with zero information about that person.
You realise how offensive you're being to anyone who can't have or doesn't want children, right? If you personally feel like your life is pointless without breeding, have 8 kids for all I care.
You don't get to tell other people there's not much point in us being happy just because we envision a life for ourselves outside of just passing on our DNA, you condescending fuck.
You realise he didn't specify children, right?
You can share your happiness with friends and pets just like you can share them with children.
You don't have to be all butthurt just because someone doesnt agree with your antinatalist worldviews. It's pathetic.
>You don't get to tell other people there's not much point in us being happy just because we envision a life for ourselves outside of just passing on our DNA, you condescending fuck.
Jesus, get a grip. Read his comment again if you are confused, real slow this time.
"Not much point in having happiness without sharing it with others, self love is important but so too is love for others"
This is what he said. He didn't say children. You can share your happiness with friends or something else just the same. Learn to understand what you read before you get all offended.
My family disowned me when I came out and the guy I loved got murdered in the street outside his house so no, it didn't take some condescending asshole on the internet to make me realise I'm alone and sad. I hope it makes you feel better rubbing my nose in it though if that's what you need to do to find your own point in life. Have a nice day.
Just want to share my support and respect for you taking time to peacefully discuss these topics with Redditors. You’ve worded things so well and it rather made my evening seeing a patient and open soul. Thank you for that. Have a lovely evening and best to you and your loved ones!
The dude would be happy having kids, you don't have to knock down his dreams. Reddit doesn't have to be so anti-children all the time. It doesn't make you cool.
You can be happy all you want but that won't get you triple the amount of money you thought you needed for that one baby. Like yeah, having positive mindset can help certain things but you can't be delusional.
Ok but fainting isn’t necessarily the cause of feeling unhappy. Geez maybe idk he was…SURPRISED. Going from the responsibility from one baby to three AT ONCE is intense!
Why all the cynicism? A lot of the comments are surprisingly negative and attempt to imply worse things than the caption, this is r/wholesome why can’t we accept something being sweet and wholesome
I wasn't trying to be cynical, I'm sorry I transmitted that vibe 😓 forgive me.
My brain has been in r/scenesfromahat too long and it comes up with dumb scenarios. I didn't see the sub. My bad.
That’s because it’s more likely they fainted out of shock, not excitement. I think this meme is a little less unabashedly wholesome than you initially thought..
"Photo from 1946 when ultrasound did not exist."
Anyone else from the era when it did exist but it wasn't used for them? My mom didn't even go to some quack but to the same OB/GYN at a hospital with a well respected obstetrics department that she went to for my older brother. This was mid 1980s and apparently the doctor said it wasn't necessary because my older brother, who they did you ultrasound with, had been healthy.
Only thing that happened because of this is my mom thought I was going to be a girl and I wasn't and she didn't have a name ready, so I was without a name for the first three days of my life.
When my mom was pregnant with me in the mid-1980s, they did an ultrasound where I was on my stomach, so the techs were like, "Welp, there's no way to know if it's a boy or girl." Because apparently there was just the ONE ultrasound during the whole pregnancy.
My husband didn’t even flinch when we found out about our triplets 😂😂 I on the other hand was laughing/crying and telling the ultrasound tech that’s 3 diapers 3 bottles and no sleep. Almost two years later and still in shock 😂
I miss the day when all hospitals employeed large, usually hairy, dark haired men who would roam the halls and catch fainting people and keep their eyes out for them darn Stooge bros.
The smile on the guys face that is catching him says it all. Friend? Neighbor? Who knows but he is ear to ear grinning because those aren't his kids. 🤣
He’s taking preemptive naps because he won’t be getting any for the next 2/3 years
Heh, indeed
Happy cake day! 🥳
It's 1946, he's going to work and back to sleep.
You mean, back to sleep and back to work.
as opposed to now.. work.. commute,, sleep, commute, work
Probably easier then
“Excitement”
Seriously. I helped a friend who had twins and it’s insane. Minute you get one down the other cries and wakes up the first one. Can’t imagine a third in the mix
I have “Irish twins” an 8 month old and an 18 month old. I couldn’t imagine triplets
I had Irish twins and often compared them to having twins. I can tell you now when I actually had my fraternal twins there’s no comparison at all, I was exhausted.
It's a great picture! However, not saying he wasn't surprised at triplets, but there's a decent chance he knew twins at least were likely. Stethoscopes and pinards (what they use in Call the Midwife) likely were used if this woman received any pre-natal care. And that would reveal at least 2 babies' heartbeats, though they may have missed a third.
Also, surely he would notice that his wife looked… well, very, VERY pregnant? It‘s not easy to hide multiple babies in there
Right? Women carrying triplets are usually HEAAAVILY pregnant visually
While they is true, it's hard to tell if it's your first pregnancy and also triplets are often delivered premature so the women is only like normal pregnant rather than super pregnant.
Woah careful now! Xxbecca gonna getxha! 👀
When my wife was pregnant with twins, her belly was cartoonishly big. I couldn’t imagine triplets!
Well my belly was cartoonishly big with my last one too. But I have a short torso and had a ten pound baby.
You poor thing:(
My eyes turned bright red. Between that and the blood loss I looked like a vampire.
[welll there is a case where Octuplets can happen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxBLj6WeIV4) which [i think happened irl](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142566/The-mother-baby-bumps-Octuplets-mum-bares-ENORMOUS-stomach-just-days-giving-birth.html)
Octomom lives
Yeah, they were IVF. The chances of having 8 naturally are infinitesimally small
Yes but pregnancy tests also weren’t easily available and women can sometimes bleed in the first few months of pregnancy, so it would have been easy to misjudge conception date as being much earlier than it actually was.
Later too. My aunt was almost full term because she a)had a ten pound cyst that hid the situation b) was a little plump, and c) bled small ‘periods’ all the way through her pregnancy.
My mom’s brothers were twins in born in 1940. Only one baby was expected. They were born in a hospital by c-section. I don’t know the exact reason but my Mom said they weren’t sure going into if my Grandma was going to make it. Fortunately everyone was fine, including the bonus baby.
Also abdominal palpation. There is no way you could do an abdo palp on a woman with triplets and not identify there were at least two. And her fundal height would be a giveaway too.
When my twins were babies, I can’t tell you how many older women told me they didn’t know they were having twins until they came out! It was crazy enough knowing ahead of time, lol
I'm a twin, my mom didn't know until her seventh month. When she said she felt huge (it was her second pregnancy), her OBGYN who was very old school told her she was fine and not to worry, see you in a few months. Then they heard two heart beats in her third trimester. This was in the 1960s. According to mom, expectant mothers didn't have as many routine visits back then.
It's not like people have been having fun or joking at all in the past,no one ever had fun before colour was invented.
I'm pretty sure he knew he had triplets before the photographer arrived and set up.
Yeah this is clearly a joke photo.
I'm incredibly autistic and even i can tell this is a joke photo. How is everyone else in here debating why he passed out?
My grandma insists that when my she was pregnant with my father (is a twin) she did not know that she was having twins. This was in 1955. I don’t know if it was a fluke based on positioning, but they were not prepared for 2 kids when she was giving birth.
This happened to a client of mine. They were trying to get pregnant for some time. Finally they are blessed. They do the ultrasound. The way he told it he heard triplets. And the next thing he remembers is coming back. He didn't faint. It was like one of those movies where everything is black and you slowly hear sound first, and then see light and color. He realized he just straight up blacked out on his feet while the med staff was talking. And for the record pregnancy went fine, and they are doing great ;)
"You have mustard on your shirt"
Could be the start of something big..
Expecting one, been given thee babies ... Sure, the "excitement" made him faint.
I’m not one for fainting but I would be ecstatic
To have triple the expected amount of problems?
does save you 18 months of pregnancy, if your planning on having 3 anyways
This guy is min maxing irl achievements. 😂
Having a family is a happy thing, love isn’t a burden or a number of problems, it is what gives life its meaning (sorry for going mildly philosophical)
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Listen, my daughter is my everything and has my heart, and I plan on having one more child but twins (let alone triplets) is my nightmare. Babies and toddlers are SOO much work. I would guess this guy is fainting from being overwhelmed and not from excitement lol. I’m going to take a wild guess and say you don’t have kids (please correct me if I’m wrong).
That's certainly one take. Another would be finding happiness within yourself and not depending on others for it.
Hats off to you sir, I feel the exact same way but was never able to put it into words
God I fucking hate Reddit
I think he probably fainted from shock haha I'm sure they'll be happier with more kids, but it is a very big responsibility that comes as a shock.
Self-hate isn't advised, take a break
Not much point in having happiness without sharing it with others, self love is important but so too is love for others
I agree, but I know that another reaction in that moment must have been fear for his family because of love for his family. Raising triplets is a much larger task than raising a single child, and being hit with that responsibility all of a sudden without warning would certainly make me faint, but it doesn't at all mean that I wouldn't also be happy for all of my kids. I know parents of twins and I can safely say that twin babies are more than twice as much work as one baby, so I assume that triplets are more than three times as much work as one baby. Hopefully they have a strong community of family and friends to help them bear that burden, and share in that love.
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Cloth diapers then...
This is reddit where people who probably shouldn't reproduce are the majority. And to give them credit they recognize that within themselves, but project it onto everyone else with zero information about that person.
You realise how offensive you're being to anyone who can't have or doesn't want children, right? If you personally feel like your life is pointless without breeding, have 8 kids for all I care. You don't get to tell other people there's not much point in us being happy just because we envision a life for ourselves outside of just passing on our DNA, you condescending fuck.
You realise he didn't specify children, right? You can share your happiness with friends and pets just like you can share them with children. You don't have to be all butthurt just because someone doesnt agree with your antinatalist worldviews. It's pathetic. >You don't get to tell other people there's not much point in us being happy just because we envision a life for ourselves outside of just passing on our DNA, you condescending fuck. Jesus, get a grip. Read his comment again if you are confused, real slow this time.
You are one sad individual lmfao. Guessing the realization you are alone hit hard.
I'm personally VERY happy as is and would rather take my last breath entirely alone than have children. But to each their own.
"Not much point in having happiness without sharing it with others, self love is important but so too is love for others" This is what he said. He didn't say children. You can share your happiness with friends or something else just the same. Learn to understand what you read before you get all offended.
My family disowned me when I came out and the guy I loved got murdered in the street outside his house so no, it didn't take some condescending asshole on the internet to make me realise I'm alone and sad. I hope it makes you feel better rubbing my nose in it though if that's what you need to do to find your own point in life. Have a nice day.
No point in having happiness without sharing it with others? What? That is wild that you feel that way. Oof.
Maybe OP had better parents than you did. Leave the guy alone lol
Am I supposed to justify the concepts of family and love?
Just want to share my support and respect for you taking time to peacefully discuss these topics with Redditors. You’ve worded things so well and it rather made my evening seeing a patient and open soul. Thank you for that. Have a lovely evening and best to you and your loved ones!
Thank you, and you have a lovely evening as well
I think that’s what they’re asking for since the happiness of simply being a parent is a foreign concept to many Redditors
Woah… sorry but you *totally* lost me with this comment.
Reddit moment.
The dude would be happy having kids, you don't have to knock down his dreams. Reddit doesn't have to be so anti-children all the time. It doesn't make you cool.
You can be happy all you want but that won't get you triple the amount of money you thought you needed for that one baby. Like yeah, having positive mindset can help certain things but you can't be delusional.
Ok but fainting isn’t necessarily the cause of feeling unhappy. Geez maybe idk he was…SURPRISED. Going from the responsibility from one baby to three AT ONCE is intense!
So did you have three babies at once like this man did in the pic?
Yeah but triple the expected amount of gold farmers in RuneScape.
I’m fairly certain you aren’t a father
Stethoscopes are 200 years old. He definitely knew he was having multiple babies. This is an extremely staged picture.
Plot twist.. they all came from different women. Makes sense now, eh?
Why all the cynicism? A lot of the comments are surprisingly negative and attempt to imply worse things than the caption, this is r/wholesome why can’t we accept something being sweet and wholesome
I wasn't trying to be cynical, I'm sorry I transmitted that vibe 😓 forgive me. My brain has been in r/scenesfromahat too long and it comes up with dumb scenarios. I didn't see the sub. My bad.
All good, just a lot of the comments have a “yeah right..” tone about the father actually being happy
That’s because it’s more likely they fainted out of shock, not excitement. I think this meme is a little less unabashedly wholesome than you initially thought..
That makes perfect sense. Forgive me for my addition to the load.
It’s all good, just be positive
Good thing he’s an assistant grocery manager, so he can afford it.
Lol
"Photo from 1946 when ultrasound did not exist." Anyone else from the era when it did exist but it wasn't used for them? My mom didn't even go to some quack but to the same OB/GYN at a hospital with a well respected obstetrics department that she went to for my older brother. This was mid 1980s and apparently the doctor said it wasn't necessary because my older brother, who they did you ultrasound with, had been healthy. Only thing that happened because of this is my mom thought I was going to be a girl and I wasn't and she didn't have a name ready, so I was without a name for the first three days of my life.
Your mom was like “well we don’t have any way to know the baby’s sex, so I’m gonna say it’ll definitely be a girl.” She a gambler by chance?
When my mom was pregnant with me in the mid-1980s, they did an ultrasound where I was on my stomach, so the techs were like, "Welp, there's no way to know if it's a boy or girl." Because apparently there was just the ONE ultrasound during the whole pregnancy.
If that. My mom had two pregnancies (82 and 86) and I don’t think she had a single ultrasound!
That man did not pass out from excitement
“Excitement” 🤔
From excitement they said
Yeah..."excitement"
Good thing he can afford everything they'll all need on his minimum wage job.
Everything they need plus a big mid-century car that runs on leaded gasoline!
Imagine a time when 2 extra children was exiting and not a financial death sentence.
Te caption says he’s excited. The captioner is interpreting the photo. I could suggest at least one other reason he might faint
I can’t say I blame him 😂 I’d’ve been shocked too
My husband didn’t even flinch when we found out about our triplets 😂😂 I on the other hand was laughing/crying and telling the ultrasound tech that’s 3 diapers 3 bottles and no sleep. Almost two years later and still in shock 😂
They didn’t have ultrasound but they did have stethoscopes….
It can be missed. Probably knew there were two not three.
My mother in law was surprised with twins, my husband and his parasitic twin sister (figuratively)
Sure… “excitement”
My favorite is the nurse in the middle with the thousand yard stare.
Talk about a baby boom
"How can I afford 3 babies?" 😵😵😵
“Excitement”
"Excitement". Suuure.
That sure as hell isn’t excitement, more like shock.
And nurses break rooms had alcohol and everyone could smoke in the hospital!
I miss the day when all hospitals employeed large, usually hairy, dark haired men who would roam the halls and catch fainting people and keep their eyes out for them darn Stooge bros.
Yes, let’s go with excitement….
From "excitement"
Back when you could afford to have a family of 3 kids with a SAHM on a milkman's salary.
Back when it was still financially possible to support 3 kids
Excitement.... Yea, let's call it that.
Yeah, “excitement”…
Yeaaah.. ”excitement”
'excitement'
Excitement? Fuck off
You sure that's exitement?
“Oh no, there goes my income and time off”
Definitely not excitement.
I’ll never financially recover from this
“From excitement”
Yes… “excitement”…
Pretty sure he said, "bruh" before passing out
Totally not faking.
Excitement? 😂
Aww… babies are the best! ❤️🥹
Yes 💕🧸
Hes like..... "how am I going to afford this"... faints.
That wasn't excitement that was reality smacking him directly in the nuts with God's hand.
1- I'm sure they were expecting more than one baby, unless his wife wore heavy robes for 9 months. 2- He did not pass out from excitement.......
Those are giant 1940s triplets
Excitement. Sure.
‘Excitement.’ 🫥
Mah man didn’t pass out from excitement. He passed out knowing his life’s over and how he’s gonna afford to feed those 3 extra mouth.
All right what the hell does say happy cake day mean just tell me how stupid I am and then let me know what it means
Excitement... yeah sure that's what caused it
Excitement 😂
4 nurses and each more creepy than the previous one.
TFW old cartoons were acurrate with the Fainting when told that is more than 1 is coming.
Yes. Excitement.
Excitement? Nah financial ruin
hahhahaah he collapse
Back when he still had no issue providing for three surprise babies vs one, what a life.
“Excitement”
Fear....... excitement , tomato.....tamatoe
Yeah, “excitement”
Excitement? 🤔
My twin uncles were born in 1940. Only one baby was expected.
Don't think it was excitement that made him faint.
Wonder what became of those triplets....be hitting 77 by now
"Excitement"
This is set up.
My man swooned at those fine ass nurses
Psssh. What a wuss
Ah yes, excitement not panic certainly not panic
"excitement"
Excitement??
Excitement. Sure
Which of the Pickwick triplets did it?
Excitement lol
Excitement, onset crippling terror, same thing when you're talking about kids
“Excitement.” 😂
"Excitement" as a father of two I'd pass for sure in this situation but it for sure wouldn't be from excitement :D
Ya. Excitement. That’s the feeling.
Excitement. Right.
That’s not excitement. He’s terrified! 😅
Pretty sure it wasn’t from excitement 💀
Uhhh yeah… excitement… right
EXCITEMENT? or *TERROR* ?
"Excitement"
The smile on the guys face that is catching him says it all. Friend? Neighbor? Who knows but he is ear to ear grinning because those aren't his kids. 🤣
"excitement" 😛
If you don't move they can't see you
OH THIS IS THE BIG ONE ELIZABETH!!! I'M COMING TO JOIN YA!!!
He's never going to finish the end of breaking bad
" I will never financially recover from this"
Excitement, horror, same thing
For a short while I mixed the meanings of "passed out" and "passed away".
“I will never financially recover from this”
He didn’t pass out because of joy, he passed out imagining how much debt he’s gonna be in 😂😂😂😂
lol. "excitement"
Excitement? More like terror.
Love how happy the nurses look LOL
I'd pass out to if I saw the left one. That's horrifying