• Two best friends in Alabama became pregnant with twins and triplets at the same time. • Their shared experience of parenting multiples created a strong support system for both families. • Living close together, they help each other manage the challenges of raising five young children.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation Madison Knight. It has been edited for length and clarity.

In 2020, I had just moved to a new city in Alabama and was trying to meet new people when my work colleague suggested I meet her niece. She was sure we'd get on, and she was right — we became inseparable.

Over the next five years, we went on to get engaged and get married, moving through a lot of life's major events with each other. We decided that when it came to having kids, we would do every

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