Expectant Mum To Quadruplets Is Expecting Two Sets Of Identical Twins

A mother who is pregnant to quadruplets is expecting two sets of identical twins in 70-million-to-one odds.

Carla and Paul Crozier have tried conceiving for nine years before turning to IVF treatment to give their daughter, Darcie, a little brother or sister.

However, to their surprise, they got four times what they bargained for after conceiving quadruplets — and not just any quadruplets, but two sets of identical twins.

Doctors say Carla’s pregnancy is so rare, there is a one in 70 million chance of it happening.

Their daughter, Darcie was also conceived through a fertility treatment on the National Health Service and was born in 2013, but only after five years of trying to conceive naturally.

Around two years later, the couple then embarked trying for another baby using frozen embryos from the IVF cycle that produced their daughter.

In January 2015, Carla became pregnant but lost the baby at five weeks. In September 2015, Carla again found out she was expecting, but an eight-week scan tragically showed no heartbeat.

The couple were left devastated and were thinking about giving up on the dream of adding to their family, but decided to try one more time. “This was our last chance. If it failed, we were going to accept not being able to add to our family,” Paul said, adding that they also decided to change their lifestyles by eating healthier, quitting alcohol and went to the gym five times a week. “We wanted to do everything possible for the second child we craved,” Carla said. Thankfully, last September, the pregnancy test came back positive.

And the good news didn’t end there. When the couple went in for an ultrasound, they were told there were three heartbeats and they were floored, and when they went back for the 12-week scan, they were told there was actually four heartbeats!

What was more unique with Carla’s pregnancy was that they then found out they were expecting two sets of identical twins. The doctors explained that the couple’s two transferred embryos had both implanted and split. “It’s just crazy to think this has happened to us when we’ve had so much trouble just having one baby,” Carla said.

However, their joy was soon cut down by doctors who warned them of the risks of carrying quadruplets and suggested they go for ‘selective reduction’ to remove two foetuses. “There is the risk of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. There’s also the danger of miscarriage and a pre-term labour. But we didn’t even have to think about it. We weren’t going to get rid of any of our babies,” Carla said.

Now, the couple are preparing for their babies’ arrival in April. “I don’t know where they are all going to go or how we are going to cope, but I’m not even thinking about that at the moment. All I want is for them to get here safely first,” she says.

Family members have set up a crowdfunding page for the couple to help them with the unexpected costs of providing for four babies.

Source: Kidspot.com.au