On Valentine’s Day, Tressa and Manuel Montalvo of Houston, Texas welcomed two sets of identical twins. Spontaneously and naturally conceived, the birth of the quads could be compared to hitting the parenting lottery.
To conceive quadruplets naturally, you have to beat one in 700,000 odds. Shontae Minor, 22, and Khristian Rohena, 34, one-upped those odds after naturally conceiving and giving birth to quads, despite the fact that Khristian had been diagnosed with a medical condition should have prevented him from being able to conceive children.
Ashley and Andy Adams found out during the first ultrasound that they were having quadruplets. But even as they began preparing mentally for a large family, doctors revealed that the new mom had cancer. Fighting a deadly disease being pregnant, Ashley is today on the path to recovery with all her four babies thriving.
For Emma and Martin Robbins, just seeing their quads healthy and thriving is enough; it’s not about the odds. But according to experts, the circumstances that surrounded their birth made Emma and Martin winners of a “baby lottery” of sorts.
A couple from Newcastle, UK were surprised to discover they were pregnant and were quadruple-ly surprised by their ultrasound.
For a Sacramento family, this Christmas will be vastly different from last. Ryan and Danielle Holaday are the proud new parents of quadruplets, born in October. After a long road, three of the four boys will be home for Christmas and hopefully the fourth brother will join them at home soon.
Much to their parents delight, a set of quadruplets, who were born in January, have been re-united at home after being separated to receive medical care at birth.
The adorable Kelly quads made history in Britain just one week before New Year’s Eve by being the first quads made of two pairs of identical twins.
This year’s end brings news of an added bundle of joy for a UK family that was already expecting identical triplets.
This has definitely been the year of the multiple birth. It seems that not a week goes by without a mega multiple birth announcement. Syria recently welcomed 2 sets of quintuplets in 3 days It is now being reported that legendary multiple birth hospital, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center has delivered four sets of quads [...]
Same sex couple, Karen Wesolowski and Martha Padgett wanted a baby so badly that each one underwent IVF treatment, having two embryos implanted. Exhausted after trying to get pregnant for 3 years, Martha suggested that they should both have eggs implanted. In order for it all to work, both had to take medication to make [...]
A Nigerian woman has given birth to an unusual set of quadruplets in Baltimore. Officials at Sinai Hospital say 40-year-old Nelly Itula delivered the babies on Friday. The quads include identical twin girls and fraternal twin boys. The babies were delivered by Caesarian section. The girls, Freda and Pauletta weighed slightly more than two pounds, [...]
