The before and after photos of the pregnant belly with the quadruplets show how amazing a woman's body is
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Every time a child is born - that is a small miracle. It's a unique and extremely happy moment for the parents. But some births are a little more special than others..
Parents Simon and Lindsay Hey always knew they wanted a big family. They got married and it didn't took long before they found out they were going to become parents. Four years ago their first son Carson was born.
But Lindsay and her husband wanted a bigger family with more children.
They tried many times to get pregnant, but unfortunately Lindsay experienced many miscarriages. This is something that affected her a lot - Lindsay could not imagine not having another baby.
And it didn’t go away at all when the doctor told Lindsay that her ‘egg quality was poor’.
Lindsay found this very difficult to hear. She felt it was her fault. She loved children and wanted to be pregnant again.
After a while, she and her husband began treatment with a hormone injection called Follistim.
“The theory behind the treatment was that if I released more than one egg in a treatment cycle, there was a greater chance of one good egg. We decided to try it a few times before moving on to IVF”, Lindsay said.
But the IVF never happened. Lindsay got pregnant on her third cycle of hormone therapy.
When Lindsay and her husband received the wonderful news, they couldn't believe their ears. They were in complete shock. Couldn't it be real.. quadruplets? It's extremely rare: The doctor explained that the chance of it happening was 1 in 700,000.
"I was in denial because I was told my egg quality was poor, and I just couldn't believe it. My husband didn't say a word and was as pale as a ghost", she said.
But while the couple were overjoyed, they were also worried. This is of course a natural feeling for anyone who gets pregnant, but for Lindsay, the fear was even greater.
"I honestly didn't know if the pregnancy would last and I was bracing myself for a miscarriage. There was uncertainty, fear, and surprise", she said.
Even though everything looked normal on the ultrasound, Lindsay wasn't convinced she would get to meet her precious babies.
"You carry the pain of the miscarriage everywhere you go, and after being on the other side and my babies here, it still hurts. I don't know if I'll ever fully recover. It's definitely made me stronger, tougher, it's given me perspective and appreciation for the magnitude of this miracle".
Although she had a difficult pregnancy..
“I’m grateful that I’m a person who really loves pregnancies. Otherwise, it would have been much harder to deal with. During the first trimester, I was so sick that I couldn’t function. With four babies and four placentas, my hormones, exhaustion, and nausea were four times as strong. I was anxious and every night I would wait for midnight to celebrate that I had made it through another day”, she said.
At 20 weeks, doctors gave her more alarming news: Lindsay’s cervix had started to dilate. Again, Lindsay feared she would lose her babies.
But everything went well and Lindsay made it to 30 weeks and four days. When the doctors explained that it was time, Lindsay could barely breathe. She realized that her babies would probably survive. The birth was performed by cesarean section.
The quadruplets needed care from the moment they were born, and they were in intensive care for seven weeks. Lindsay breastfed all four during that time! After a while, they all came home healthy and happy. Some women are born to be superwomen!
Lindsay documented her incredible journey on Instagram. Not long ago, she shared her before-and-after pregnancy photos, which drew a lot of attention and compliments from her followers. Thousands of people online followed Lindsay, many because of her huge and amazing belly.
But it’s not easy to keep up with social media every day when you have four kids and a 4-year-old.
“I barely have a minute to myself. I’m always on the go and have learned to move quickly and multitask. I hardly sleep. But I will say this: The phrase ‘hands full, heart full’ has never been more true for me. I am so happy, content, and fulfilled, and every day I wake up I wonder how I got so lucky. I have everything I ever wanted and more. We are blessed!”.
We take our hats off to Lindsay for everything, especially for managing to breastfeed all four.
What a beautiful and wonderful family!
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