Sometimes the news of a pregnancy takes some couples by surprise. But there is one type of pregnancy that definitely takes everyone by surprise, even those who were planning to have a baby: a multiple pregnancy.
This was the case of an Australian couple, who after trying to have one more baby for their already large family, had the surprise of their lives when they discovered that they would have quadruplets .
From parents of six to parents of 10
Breanna Meads and Kwenton Demnar are a couple from Queensland, Australia, who long ago formed a stepfamily, each having three children from their previous relationship. Being all together, Breanna and Kwenton were very excited to have a child together, so they decided to go together for a baby.
However, they did not imagine the surprise that would await them in the sixth week of Breanna’s pregnancy, when during her first ultrasound they discovered that they were not only expecting one baby: there were three more!
But her unexpected multiple pregnancy would come with another surprise later on, as the babies were delivered nearly 10 weeks early, giving birth to quadruplets in the 21st week of her pregnancy.
To give a little context, although it is true that multiple pregnancies are usually shorter than single or simple pregnancies, in the case of quadruplets the pregnancy lasts approximately 30 weeks.
Shocked Aussie mum gives birth to QUADRUPLETS after trying for ‘just one more’ to complete her family https://t.co/TGDSOLOP5c
— Daily Mail Australia (@DailyMailAU) September 5, 2022
Because they were born prematurely – even for a multiple pregnancy – their early arrival also caught hospital staff by surprise:
“They made their appearance quite unexpectedly in the middle of the night,” explains Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) neonatologist Pieter Koorts, in an interview for an Australian medium. ” Everyone had to struggle to have enough staff to care for them. But our staff did an amazing job and the babies were doing pretty well when they came out. They all needed a little help breathing, but otherwise they did pretty well,” she explains.
The girls are named Nova, Kingsley, Emerson and Olly, and although they are getting closer every day to being discharged and going home with their brothers , the mother shares that seeing them surrounded by cables and monitors on all sides has been quite difficult.
‘I was more worried about him’
A Queensland mum who shares six children has revealed her partner ‘went white’ and she was more worried about him when the couple discovered she was pregnant with quadruplets. 👶👶👶👶 pic.twitter.com/8BMrdRw4be
— ImAllNews (Australia) (@ImAllNews_AU) September 4, 2022
What are the chances of having quadruplets?
Quadruple pregnancy is the result of the fertilization of two ovules that in turn divided into two, or of three ovules, two independent and one that in turn divides into two, or of four independent ovules fertilized by four sperm. in the same cycle.
In the case of this couple, it is a pregnancy of three ovules: two independent and one that was divided in two, since two of the four girls are identical twins.
According to some studies, the chance of fathering quadruplets naturally is highly unlikely , falling to one in 729,000. In these cases, genetic inheritance and the age of the mother are two of the factors that usually influence the possibility of having a multiple pregnancy.
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