Not only do the quadrilaterals appear identical, but they also resemble their mother quite a bit. Without a doctor’s help, multiple pregnancies are not a very typical occurrence. Statistics indicate that having twins is only 2% likely. Quadruplets represent one case in a few tens of millions if we are talking about them. Nevertheless, miracles do occur, and 16 years ago, Julia’s womb contained four live embryos at once, as seen on the first ultrasound.
When Julie and her 38-year-old husband Jose’s babies were born on March 23, 2006, they caused a sensation against all odds. The sisters are just the 27th quartet of children who were all born at the same time. Usually, IVF-assisted pregnancies result in the birth of these twins. In order to boost a woman’s chances of getting pregnant, experts implant many eggs into her during artificial insemination. However, the protagonist of our tale is already four times pregnant. It is highly unusual.
But the process of being pregnant with multiples was not very easy for her. Because of how hard it is for a pregnant woman to be 1, here the difficulty is multiplied. And there are many dangers that threaten both mother and child. The situation is complicated by the fact that the babies are developing in the same placenta and no one can guarantee that they will all be born healthy. The woman was even offered to terminate the pregnancy. But she flatly refused.
She wants her children to live, to have the right to decide everything related to her. So they risked saving their children’s lives even though it was extremely difficult. After the cesarean section, it turned out that all the girls were healthy. Only two of them had a small weight, but they quickly returned to normal. But the strangest thing is not that Julia has given birth to quadruplets, but that they are all incredibly similar. And nothing changes with age.
People nearby are frequently curious about the odd family, so they scan the area in search of any discrepancies between the girls—which, incidentally, are scarce. Even their spectacles are the same. The girls are very distinct despite their seeming likeness. But everyone resembles their mother in many ways. From their height and weight to their golden corkscrew curls, they couldn’t be distinguished when they were 4 years old.
