In earlier drafts of the episode, the idea of Phoebe keeping one of the babies was more extreme. The writers decided instead they were better off having the character saying goodbye to keep it dramatic. The birth scenes were recorded in advance to deal with light sensitivity and noise issues. Heidi Beck, a professional nurse was retained; she acquired a stop watch for every minute the baby was under the light. Real life triplets were used and coated with grape jelly as an alternative to vernix. In the final scene, dolls were employed as it was filmed in front of the studio audience.