Happy 2014! Our quads are now 10 weeks and I’ve finally decided to start up this blog to document their lives. We had a long journey to parenthood – but our 4 little ones were definitely worth the wait. We are thrilled to be parents and could not have been blessed with a healthier set of quads. Of course, the fact that they were carried in two separate twin pregnancies probably contributed to their great health. Let me explain…
After a year of trying on our own to have a baby (2008), a year of tests and some Clomid (2009), a year of artificial inseminations and laparascopy surgery for me (2010), a year of one round of in-vitro fertilization and a frozen embryo transfer and a vericocile surgery for my hubby (2011), & a year of artificial inseminations (2012) – we still had no babies. My sister graciously and unselfishly offered to try to carry some embryos for us and we decided to take her up on it in 2013. Since we were still in the “unexplained infertility” bucket, we decided to increase our odds of getting at least one baby by having 2 of our embryos transferred into my sister and 2 embryos transferred into me back on February 19, 2013. Much to everyone’s surprise – we found out that we were BOTH pregnant on February 28th. 🙂 At that point we figured that each of us probably were carrying one baby and that we were going to have twins. But on March 22nd we received the most shocking news – we were BOTH pregnant with fraternal twins! 4 BABIES!! 🙂 Even though they were carried in separate pregnancies – since they were conceived on the same date (February 14, 2013 to be exact) and due on the same date (November 7, 2013), they are quadruplets. On June 14th we found out that we were going to have 2 sons and 2 daughters – my sister carried our boys and I carried our girls. We spent the summer preparing for the babies and celebrating our wonderful baby news (times four) non-stop with family and friends. We were so blessed that both pregnancies went so smoothly. Our doctor told us if we made it to 38 weeks (an optimal time to deliver twins), we could plan to have all 4 babies born on the same day. And much to everyone’s surprise (especially mine) – all babies were delivered exactly at 38 weeks on October 24, 2013. My next post will share the details of that day – the amazing day that Charlie, Tommy, Grace, and Haddie came into the world and forever changed our lives! ❤
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