GREELEY, Colo. (KDVR) — A mom of triplets was found in labor on a porch in the cold in Greeley.

Four officers helped deliver two of the babies before she was rushed to the hospital to deliver the third.

Father Eric Mayeda told FOX31 that police found his 24-year-old girlfriend in pain as it snowed and rained in the early morning hours of April 18.

For Mayeda, the three adorable triplets are his first.

“Being gifted three, going from none to three, I’m just over the moon about that,” said Mayeda.

The feat of getting them here wasn’t easy.

“This opportunity, or gift, would not have landed in our laps if we couldn’t handle it,” Mayeda said.

He said his girlfriend had been staying at her mom’s house when she began experiencing bad contractions.

“So, she walked to her neighbor’s house which is one of her friends that lives like a block away,” Mayeda said. “She made it two houses down from his house and her water broke. At that time it was starting to rain and it was cold out. He didn’t realize it was her, she was wrapped in a blanket screaming at three in the morning. That’s the last thing you’re going to expect, is one of your friends to show up at your door screaming bloody murder.”

Her friend called 911. Shortly after, four officers arrived to help deliver two of her babies.

Once the officers found the woman outside, they called the paramedics — which is when they heard the first cry from a baby. The baby boy was turning blue in the freezing cold.

Officers tied the umbilical cord with bread ties, cut the cord and rushed the baby boy into a patrol car. Once the officer was inside the car, the baby stopped breathing. The officer started infant CPR and chest compressions, according to the Greeley Police Department.

During this time, the woman told the other officers that she was expecting triplets. The mother’s friend Facetimed Mayeda as the delivery was unfolding.

“He said, ‘Hey your kids are being born here on my porch,’ and I can see two GPD jackets,” Mayeda said.

The two babies and mom were taken to the hospital to deliver the third baby.

“Words can’t even describe how happy I am to be a father,” said Mayeda.

The boys were born 14 weeks early. Burt, Kikutaro and Billy-Bob, although having strong heartbeats, were put into the NICU. Mayeda is anxious waiting for the day he can hold them.

“I have to sit by and watch through a piece of plexiglass. Yes I can reach in and do hand hugs, but to me, that is only so fulfilling,” he said.

Mayeda is thankful for the first responders who helped bring his babies into the world safely.

“With as cold as it was and everything, it was perfect ingredients for a perfect storm, for it not to end well had it not been for those guys,” said Mayeda.

Mayeda said his babies will remain in the NICU for at least four more months.

Their original due date was July 25, and while the couple knew they would come earlier, they did not expect the babies to come completely random without a warning.

He has started a fundraiser to help with medical bills and supplies.