Mom describes everyday life with quadruplets and an even older boy through her posts.
In recent years, assisted reproductive methods have caused an increase in multiple pregnancies. According to the US Department of Health &aamp; Human Serʋices, compared to 1980, the chances of a twin pregnancy have increased by 75%, while the chances of a triplets pregnancy have increased even more.
And if raising twins or triplets seems overwhelming, imagine everyday life with quadruplets. Dayna Childress is the mother of quadruplets, and through the Hello Quadruplets Instagram account that she has created, she shares snapshots of her daily life.
Dayna and her husband also have an older son, and the quadruplets came into their lives after three miscarriages. The young mother calls her five children “miracles” and, in recent years, she has captured the special journey of motherhood with the photos and videos she posts. Her followers on her Instagram exceed 389 thousand, and each of her posts accumulates tens of thousands of likes.
In addition to great photos, Dyana shares her experiences and thoughts, and many moms can relate to her.
Shortly after the quadruplets were born, the young mother posted a photo of her C-section scar, writing in her post:
“When I first woke up after the C-section, all I kept thinking was how could I not hold them in any longer? How could my Ƅody leave me like this? It was an important three weeks too soon for them to leave. To this day, I still kick myself for getting out of bed that night, thinking if I hadn’t gotten up right then, Simon’s water wouldn’t have broken and could have done longer.
But then I think, well, what if I fell asleep and his water still broke and his cord came out, would he have woken me up? Would he be eʋen Ƅe aliʋe? Either way, I have him in the back of the neck not knowing if his cord was compressed or for how long, if he lost oxygen, will it affect him functionally? I need to stop having these worries, stop putting my body down, and start praising him because he still did something AMAZING. I grew FOUR daughters at once, and they all survived while doing better than expected time and time again. I had so many doctors telling me they would not survive, or if they did, they would have medical disabilities. Well I took the odds and tested them wrong.
Dyana posts photos of her children from their daily lives and the activities they do during the day. The difficulties are many, but the beautiful moments are just as many.
Today, the quadruplets are three years old. Check out the photos Dyana has posted over the years in the gallery below.
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