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A mother has lost two of her IVF triplets just days apart after she contracted cytomegalovirus while she was pregnant.
Vicci Dunne, 36, from Widnes, Cheshire, found out she was expecting two girls and a boy with her husband Paul after going to Cyprus for IVF treatment before the pandemic hit.
The mother, who works in recruitment, was told at her various scans that daughters, who she named Heidi and Harriet, weren't growing and to 'prepare for the worst'.
Vicci Dunne, 36, from Widnes, Cheshire has lost two of her IVF triplets just days apart after they contracted cytomegalovirus (pictured with her husband Paul and son George)
A post mortem revealed that Harriet and Heidi had contracted cytomegalovirus (CVM) in the womb.
This is a common virus that is usually harmless but can be fatal for those with weakened immune systems or newborn babies.
By nearly 28 weeks doctors were concerned about 'fetal demise' - the death of a baby in the womb and Vicci gave birth by C-section.
She had Harriet, 1lb 6oz, George, 2lb 9oz and Heidi, 1lb 4oz, and the babies were rushed away for specialist care while Vicci underwent surgery after haemorrhaging.
Vicci gave birth to Harriet, 1lb 6oz, George, 2lb 9oz and Heidi, 1lb 4oz, via C-Section at nearly 28 weeks and the babies were rushed away for specialist care
When she woke she was taken into a room to see a team resuscitating Heidi, but she had fluid in her heart and a bleed on the brain and wasn't going to make it.
Vicci said: 'I hadn't even seen her yet and there she was being resuscitated - it was completely surreal.
'It was all about memory-making then. We got them all together and took pictures and then we were in a separate room where we held her and waited for her to pass away.