- Rare identical quadruplets were born in Australia to 34-year-old Jenitar Na'amoana at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
- The four girls, named Emily, Harriet, Catherine, and Alexa, were delivered via caesarean section at 28 weeks and four days on 14 July.
- Dr. Alexa Bendall, a maternal foetal medicine specialist, stated that identical quadruplets occur at a rate of one in every 15 million pregnancies.
- Na'amoana and her husband Jortham were immensely surprised to learn they were expecting quadruplets, as they already had four children.
- The newborn girls are currently in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit and are doing extremely well.
Jenitar Na'amoana, a 34-year-old mother from Brisbane, has made headlines after delivering identical quadruplets on July 14, a rare event estimated at one in 15 million pregnancies. The girls, named Emily, Harriet, Catherine, and Alexa, were born via C-section at 28 weeks and four days and are currently thriving in the neonatal intensive care unit.25
The pregnancy was classified as extremely high risk by the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, leading to Na'amoana being monitored as an inpatient from 25 weeks. Dr. Alexa Bendall, who oversaw the pregnancy, expressed her amazement, stating, "We have never seen a spontaneously conceived pregnancy of this type with quads, and she has somehow dodged every complication and risk for both herself and her babies to be here today, with four gorgeous newborn girls."3
Na'amoana and her husband, Jortham, were already parents to four children aged between one and ten years when they learned they were expecting quadruplets. The couple was taken by immense surprise at the news, with Na'amoana still breastfeeding her youngest child at the time of conception. "Our four precious miracles have arrived safely, and while our hearts are overflowing with gratitude, the reality of caring for four newborns at once has brought challenges we never could have imagined," she shared in a fundraising message.
The family has launched a GoFundMe campaign to assist with the costs of raising the quadruplets, which has already raised over A$37,000 (approximately £19,261). The girls are expected to remain in the hospital until they reach full term, but their long-term outlook is promising, according to Bendall.
“The quadruplets, named Emily, Harriet, Catherine, and Alexa, were delivered via caesarean at 28 weeks and four days at Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Their mother, Jenitar Na'amoana, has launched a GoFundMe campaign that has raised over A$37,000 to purchase a larger vehicle for her family of eight children.”
