A couple longs for a large family, but their journey will be difficult and arduous. Although they already have a daughter, they still desire at least one additional sibling for her. Despite tragedies, they maintain their optimism. Finally, they learned that they were going to be parents of twins in 2011. When they learned that they were going to have twins, they were overjoyed! Josh and Miranda Crawford, who both work as nurses, have been attempting to conceive naturally for years without luck. The two used in vitro fertilization (IVF), and in 2009, when they became parents to a baby girl, they experienced their happiest moment.
They loved little Joslyn but always wanted a large family, so a year later they tried to have another child, but Miranda unfortunately suffered a miscarriage. Again, the couple resorted to in vitro betilization, and since the woman was more than 34 years old, the doctors decided that it would be best to transfer the two embryos. Luckily, Miranda got pregnant again and the doctors revealed something unbelievable: she was giving birth to twins! During the ultrasound, the image was blurry so Miranda returned a few days later to confirm how many babies she was carrying.
The second date revealed great news – ᴡomb’s future mother is actually twins – two girls in one placenta and two boys in the other. “I was shocked. The doctor is shocked. This has never happened in his entire career.”
The amount of fetuses Miranda was carrying was indicated for parents to consider reducing, but they chose against it. It was never a possibility, the mother affirmed. Everything is in God’s hands, I trust. Gestational diabetes was a side effect of Miranda’s pregnancy, but otherwise everything was fine. She carried the four children to a healthy birth at 34 weeks. The neonatal intensive care unit housed the four quadruplets for three weeks before sending them home.
The couple acknowledges that caring for so many children at once is difficult, yet they claim to feel fortunate. Mia, Madison, Jackson, and James, who are now 11 years old, are savoring every moment of childhood
