While doing research on a Web site, Clapp-Bennett, 34, a Garrett Park resident, came across a posting about the program, and she e-mailed National Geographic. Her pregnancy was unique — she had triplets naturally, and two were identical.

‘‘I thought, what better of a keepsake than to be part of a worldwide special?” she said. Since she had a Caesarean section, she didn’t mind having her babies’ birth filmed, particularly since she said she knew National Geographic would be tasteful.

‘‘[The children will] have a real, live video of them in the womb. ... As adults, we all love to look at baby pictures of ourselves.”

It was especially exciting for her to see her babies in 4-D before they were born, particularly since she could actually see their faces — something she could not see in the regular ultrasound she had while she was pregnant with her first child, Max Schlee, now 7. ‘‘I recognized them when they came out.”

You feel close to your babies when you are pregnant, Clapp-Bennett said, but seeing them so clearly while they were in utero made the fact that she was having triplets much more of a reality. However, said her husband Daniel Bennett Jr., reality didn’t fully set in for him until his sons arrived.

‘‘It was so cool,” Clapp-Bennett said, adding it was also a fun opportunity for Max to see and bond with his younger brothers, Colten, Roman and Ashton, now 11 months old. Children sometimes have difficulty comprehending pregnancy and how babies can fit in their mother’s belly, but Max had a good view of his siblings.

‘‘He named Colten ‘Buddy’ in my womb,” she said.

Initially, Clapp-Bennett didn’t realize she was having triplets. When she went to the hospital with unrelated medical issues, she was told she was having an ectopic pregnancy, when the egg forms outside the uterus. But a subsequent visit to her obstetrician revealed she was actually having three babies.

When they were born, Colten had to stay in the hospital for a few extra days because he had a low heart rate. Ashton and Roman got to go home. Clapp-Bennett and her husband had to divide their time between the hospital and home. It was an adjustment, and they were happy when all three of the boys were healthy and home.

The months since the babies were born have flown by. Clapp-Bennett stays home with the boys, feeding, changing and playing with them, and getting Max off to school every day.

‘‘I’m really good at multitasking,” she said. Sometimes some household chores don’t always get done, she said, but her children are happy, healthy and taken care of, and that’s what matters. ‘‘Had I been a new mom, it would have been harder. I think God did it in the order he did on purpose.”

The dining room in their home has been converted into Ashton, Colten and Roman’s playroom. Colorful toys are scattered across the floor and the room is baby-proofed, with few sharp edges and guards over electrical outlets. The boys play well together and when Clapp-Bennett puts them down for naps, she often hears them giggling and tickling each other from their cribs.

‘‘They’re happy,” she said. ‘‘They love people.”

They love people so much that their father is worried about them talking to strangers when they’re older, added Bennett, 35. And when they’re older, Bennett said, he wants them to be treated as individuals.

‘‘I want them to grow up like normal,” their mother agreed. ‘‘I really don’t want them to be referred to as ‘the triplets.’ I want them to have their own identity.”