Each time a child is born it is, of course, a miracle. It’s a unique event, not least for the happy parents. However, there are some births that are just a little more unique than others. This couple had always known that they wanted to have a family. Not long after they got married, they discovered that they would soon become parents. What they never could have imagined, however, was that their pregnancy would be a 1 in a million…
But when the nurse saw the image on the ultrasound, neither she nor the prospective parents could believe their eyes. It was nothing that the couple could have imagined – in Bethani’s belly there were 4 identical girls. The chance of that happening is only 1 in 15 million.
“I could not believe it, I was in such shock. Honestly, I thought the ultrasound tech was joking. I couldn’t believe it,” Bethani tells CBS News.
Bethani gave birth via C-section at 33 weeks in June 2016, four healthy daughters, who were named Abigail, McKayla, Grace and Emily. Neither of the parents have any history of multiples in the family, and the children were conceived naturally, not through test tube fertilization, which is often case for twins and triplets.
It has not been easy for the couple to tell their identical children apart. To get around the problem, they had to paint their toenails in different colors to see a difference!
Caring for a newborn isn’t all fun and games at the best of times, but when you’re suddenly faced with four, juggling the day-to-day tasks requires some extraordinary skills. For example, the couples’ daughters get through 48 diapers every day
