Taking their triplets home from hospital in time for Christmas is the best gift anyone could give Josephine and Cohen Nunn.
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The young couple have returned home to St George, a rural town in south-east QLD, after almost three months.
Mrs Nunn, a doctor, saw two babies on the ultrasound monitor during her seven-week dating scan and thought they were having twins.
Then the gynaecologist moved the probe and Mrs Nunn saw a third baby.
Being pregnant with triplets came as "quite a surprise".
"We went from thinking we had to set-up a nursery for one baby to three babies," Mr Nunn said.
At a routine 14-week appointment, the Nunns were advised to relocate to closer to specialist medical care when the pregnancy reached the 23-week mark.
Mrs Nunn said the decision to temporarily relocate was an easy one to make.
"The risk of preterm labour is higher for women pregnant with triplets, and we didn't want to put our babies at risk," she said.
Their precautionary move proved worthwhile, with Mrs Nunn admitted to Mater Mothers' Hospital in Brisbane for close observation after a scan revealed her cervix was shortening at 31 weeks pregnant.
"Thankfully, my cervix held out for another three weeks after that scan, which was amazing, given I was carrying 8.5kg of babies, placenta and fluid," Mrs Nunn said.
Their little boys, Louis, Winston and Maverick, were born on November 10 at 34 weeks gestation and spent one month in the neonatal critical care unit and special care nursery.
Baby Louis was born first weighing 2080 grams, followed by Winston at 1990 grams and Maverick arrived last, weighing 2380 grams.
"They're small and they're preterm, but they're really healthy and doing really well," Mrs Nunn said.
"I'm overwhelmingly happy, so stoked and full of love.
Mr Nunn said the nursery at their St George home was ready and waiting.
"We have three cots and two change tables set-up for us," he said.
"We're looking forward to our first Christmas as a family."
"We're really excited to have them home now. It will be special to have our three little blessings home for Christmas," Mrs Nunn said.
Louis, Winston and Maverick are the first set of triplets born in the Nunn family.
