FOUR OF A KIND

Mom Gives Birth to Ultra Rare Identical Quadruplets

The four identical girls are believed to be Australia’s first naturally conceived monozygotic quadruplets.

A Brisbane mother gave birth to four identical baby girls in what doctors say is one of the rarest pregnancies imaginable. Jenitar Na’amoana welcomed Harriet, Alexa, Catherine, and Emily by cesarean section at 28 weeks and four days after the babies were naturally conceived, an extraordinarily uncommon occurrence. Doctors at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital said the girls are monozygotic quadruplets, meaning they all developed from a single fertilized egg that split into four embryos, a phenomenon estimated to occur in roughly one in 15 million pregnancies. The birth is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia. Jenitar and her husband, Jortham Na’amoana, already had four children before learning they were expecting quadruplets, with one of their youngsters still breastfeeding when they received the surprise news. While the premature babies are expected to spend several more weeks in the hospital growing stronger, doctors say all four girls and their mother are doing well before eventually heading home as a family of 10.