I was told I may never fall pregnant – but now I have three ‘rainbow babies’ who all share the SAME birthday

A mother who was told she may never fall pregnant has beaten ‘crazy odds’ of 133,000/1 by having three ‘rainbow babies’ – each with the same birthday.

Emma Smith, 42, from Warrington, Cheshire, felt she’d ‘completed a miracle’ when her third son Arley Jay was born on June 20, just like older brothers, Alfie James, seven and Jesse Joe, four.

The wedding planner suffers from endometriosis, a lifelong condition affecting the womb’s lining that can tragically lead to the loss of babies during pregnancy.

And Emma – who was told she’d need to have a family early due to possible complications – had felt like ‘Bridget Jones’ as friends gave birth around her.

So she was amazed when she welcomed her first son Alfie James with her partner Dave Mycock, 39, in 2016

Emma and her partner Dave celebrate the birth of their oldest son, Alfie James, who is now seven years old

But the couple’s shock turned to disbelief after they had two more sons, Jesse Joe and Arley Jay, who each arrived on the same date, separated by a few years.

Amazingly, her boys are all ‘rainbow babies’ – a term given to a child born immediately after a miscarriage – which she says makes them even more ‘remarkable’.

Emma said: ‘If you were to put a bet on a horse with those odds, you’d never think it would come in as a winner, but we certainly have – three times.

‘It’s a complete miracle, it’s magical, and we just feel completely and utterly blessed.

‘Whether someone’s looking down on us, or however you want to equate it, all three boys are a miracle in their own right.

‘I often think when they’re older, if they go out to celebrate together, they’ll maybe say, ‘Mum wasn’t too bad, was she? She brought us into the world on the same day.’

Emma said there was no element of ‘planning’ in the timing of the births and joked the pair ‘could definitely’ beat the odds again if they had a fourth child.

She added: ‘Everybody’s laughed and joked, ‘It must be their wedding anniversary!’ The only thing we’ve laughed about is we do sometimes go on holiday in September.

The couple’s second son, Jesse, pictured in the NICU. All of their sons are ‘rainbow babies’, meaning they were born after Emma had a miscarriage

Couple Emma and Dave introduce their two oldest sons Alife James and Jesse Joe to their latest arrival Arley Jay

Arley (pictured) is the couple’s youngest son, and like his two older brothers, celebrates his birthday on June 20

Brothers Alfie Smith (pictured, left) and Jesse Smith (pictured, right) celebrate their birthday on June 20, alongside their youngest sibling Arley Smith

‘But there’s no kind of planning. Practically, your body cycle changes anyway, so you couldn’t plan for it.

‘I think we could definitely go for a fourth and get a girl on the 20th next year. But Dave has said he’s definitely putting a stop to it – and the answer’s ‘no’.’

Emma was diagnosed with endometritis at 18 and underwent ten operations to try and rid her body of the painful condition.

But sadly, it returned and became more aggressive after each procedure, and doctors told her she would need to have children early in her life to give her the best chance.

Before having her children, Emma says she was the ‘Bridget Jones’ of the group, as her friends around her had babies

Over the following years, she had looked on longingly as loved ones raised kids – believing she may never get the same opportunity.

She said: ‘I suffered the heartache of watching friends and family members having children, adamant that it would never be my turn.

‘I was always the ‘Bridget Jones’ of the group, watching them having their children and families and everything and genuinely never thought it would happen for me.’

Emma later met carpenter Dave and together they decided to try for a family, suffering an initial setback when she sadly suffered a miscarriage.

But she successfully gave birth to Alfie James at the age of 35, and a few years later, she again fell pregnant with Jesse Joe in 2019 following another miscarriage.

BROTHERS: While she now has her three ‘rainbow babies’, Emma says she suffered ‘heartache’ while worrying it would ‘never be [her] turn’

As well as celebrating their birthday on the same day, Alfie and Jesse will have an 18th and a 21st on the same day (picture L-R: Jesse Smith, Arley Smith, and Alfie Smith)

Emma said: ‘Jesse’s due date was July 4. So we thought, realistically, I was definitely having a July baby.

‘But when he arrived on his birthday, Alfie was really happy that he was going to have a little brother to share a special day together.’

Emma went on to repeat the feat with Arley Jay, and the events planner, who runs her own business, has already begun thinking about their joint birthdays.

She said: ‘It’s like having two Christmases because obviously that is in December, and we’re smack bang in the middle of the year, six months round.

‘Alfie and Jesse will actually have an 18th and a 21st on the same day.

According to Emma, having all three boys celebrating their birthday on the same day is like having a second Christmas

The couple (pictured) felt as though Emma had completed a miracle’ when her third son Arley Jay was born on June 20 like his older brothers

According to Emma, the family birthdays have a numerical significance, as her birthday is May 11 and Dave’s is May 9, which adds up to 20 

‘So it’s a good job I’ve got plenty of time to start saving for it and planning for it because it going to be a really big event for us as a family.’

Emma said she considered herself a ‘spiritual person’ – revealing there was a numerical significance to June 20 that related to her and Dave’s birthdays.

She said: ‘My birthday is May 11 and Dave’s is May 9.

‘I said, ‘How ironic is this, our birthdays added together equal 20 and that’s really lovely because that’s ‘Alfie’s birthday’. So we’ll never forget – me plus you equals him.

‘And then Jesse came along too on the same date, and now Arley as well. So me and Dave now equal all three of the boys, that’s how I look at it, really.’