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Ultra-Rare Identical Quadruplets Enter the World
Newser • • world
Key Points:
- A 34-year-old Australian woman, Jenitar Na'amoana, gave birth to identical quadruplet girls conceived naturally, a phenomenon extremely rare worldwide.
- The quadruplets, Emily, Harriet, Catherine, and Alexa, originated from a single fertilized egg that split into four embryos and shared one placenta with four sacs, a combination estimated to occur once in every 15 million cases.
- Obstetrician Alexa Bendall noted this type of birth is unprecedented in Australia, with only two similar cases reported globally.
- The babies were delivered via C-section at 28 weeks and four days at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and are currently in neonatal intensive care, reportedly doing well.
- The family already has four children aged between 1 and 10, and one of the newborns was named Alexa in honor of the delivering doctor.
