Wow! Four babies in one go, three of them identical.
This is a very rare occurrence. Quadruplets as such are not that common. The chances of having spontaneous quadruplets amount to 1 in 729,000. The odds of having multiples have increased in recent years due to fertility treatment. In 2005, 485 quadruplet births were recorded, according [...]

My twins were born 5 weeks early and were thus considered premature babies with low birth weights. I was always warned by many people, from our pediatrician to well-meaning friends that premies, especially twin premies tend to be weak and develop more slowly compared to singleton babies born on the same gestation week. Well, I [...]

My wife and I did the whole in-vitro thing. In fact we did it four times. Three full rounds, with one round using our cryogenically frozen kidlets left over.
First round failed, second round failed, third round failed, and the fourth? Yeah, bupkis.
And then, we conceived without any intervention at all, except for [...]

There’s no more interesting conversation piece than babies. And having multiples actually put you in the limelight. Try it. Go to the mall or the park with a twin pram. Heads will turn and many will definitely ask to have a peek. Initially, I basked in the attention I got when I went out with [...]

Did you know …

The number of twin births has increased by 50% in the last 20 years; the number of triplet births is up by over 400%; the birth rate for higher-order multiples (4 babies and more!!!) is also on the rise.

In 1996, there were 50,000 twin births in the US (100,000 babies), 5298 babies [...]