00:00These four little babies were quads, born with one placenta, which is amazing.
00:06So four sacs, one placenta, which means that they were monozygotic.
00:10They came from one fertilized egg, which then split into four, which is incredible.
00:16We think the figures are probably around one in 15 million for a case like this to be spontaneously conceived.
00:23We don't think it's ever happened in Australia.
00:25There may have been a couple of cases elsewhere in the world.
00:28And when I say a couple, literally a couple, two.
00:31But this is the only case we know about in Australia.
00:34From an academic perspective, it's really interesting, but also from a human perspective,
00:39to be able to be part of the family's journey and come out with four beautiful babies and a healthy
00:44mum is very precious.
00:45It's incredibly rare because of the fact that it means that they have come from one fertilized egg
00:50that is split four times to end up with four identical girls.
00:54The little girls are called Emily, Harriet, Catherine, and one is named after me, Alexa, which is just such a
01:02beautiful tribute.
01:03There was all the people you normally have in a caesarean section, but also three extra teams of neonatal staff
01:09to look after the babies.
01:11We're all very privileged to be part of it.
01:13And we have an incredible team down in our neonatal nursery who will look after them.
01:17They will need to be in there for an extended period of time until they get stronger, get bigger.
01:22But I think long term, their outlook will be really good.
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