Posted on 02/18/2014 3:46:51 PM PST by NYer
Kimberly Fugate was expecting identical triplets. After a grueling labor process and the birth of three children, Fugate was ready for some much-needed rest. But rest would have to wait as the doctor shouted, “More feet!”
“They had got the three out and they said, ‘More feet,’” the Mississippi mother said. Fugate is now the proud mother of a statistical improbability – four identical newborn babies.
From the ABC News report:
A fourth identical quadruplet had somehow been missed by numerous ultrasounds, managing to keep her existence hidden until she popped out behind three of her identical sisters last week at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
“It’s one surprise after another,” Fugate said.
The Fugate four, named Kenleigh Rosa, Kristen Sue, Kayleigh Pearl and Kelsey Roxanne after family members, arrived three months earlier than expected, and just a day before their mother’s 42nd birthday.
All four are currently doing well in neonatal intensive care after being born nearly 13 weeks premature. The girls will need to remain in observation, but Kimberly says she hopes to have them out by early May, on their original due date.
“I haven’t been able to hold them yet,” Fugate said. “It will be very exciting to get to take them home and love them.”
Dr. James Bofill, a professor of maternal fetal medicine at the hospital said the odds of conceiving identical quadruplets is astonishingly rare, especially in a case like Fugate’s, where she became pregnant without the use of fertilization drugs or treatments.
“The odds of spontaneous quadruplets is one in every 729,000 live births,” Bofill said. “The chances of having identical quadruplets [are] almost incalculable.”
Kimberly Fugate and her husband Craig are also parents to another daughter Katelyn, 10. The pair have set up a Facebook page to keep relatives updated on the quadruplets’ progress.
Wow....(backing out of this thread while I still can)
I work with a pair of identical twins and they are quite a handful. I can’t imagine identical quads. They are going to drive their parents and teachers absolutely insane.
Nicely done. :)
Been there myself at one time. Wife, Sister in law, Daughter, 4 cats and 2 dogs-ALL FEMALE.
:)
Lol.
Exactly. I didn’t mean anything bad.
I do this all of the time with my wife and get the same reaction. It gives me a thrill. Ya, I know that I am weird. A sick puppy? (pun intended).
Not as much fun now, though. She just ignores me.
i think having a quick wit is a God-given gift... i enjoy it in my two sons... and i think being able to recognize good-natured humor is a blessing... we come up with puns, innuendo and double entendre all the time in our family... it is encouraged! :)
stay sick!
I predict 16 years from now they will drive parents and boyfriends crazy by switching out with each other.
Thanks. I will. :)
Nicknames are sweet I will always be known as Shay to the ‘kids’. The oldest one is 40. Lol. Not a one of my 12-13 ‘nieces and nephews’ could say Sherri so they all called me Aunt Shay. I am still Shay. ;)
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