A Texas couple trying to give their son a little sister gave him four brothers instead, beating the odds to deliver quadruplets - two sets of identical twin boys conceived at the same time.



Tressa Montalvo, 36, gave birth to quadruplets Ace, Blaine, Cash and Dylan on Valentine's day, according to a statement from The Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston. Ace and Blaine shared one placenta, while Cash and Dylan shared another.

"We tried to stick to the A-B-C-D theme when naming them," Montalvo said in the statement. "We didn't expect it, we were trying for just one and we were blessed with four."

Montalvo and her husband, Manuel Montalvo Jr., 43, thought they were having twins until their doctor detected a third fetal heartbeat. They were then referred to a maternal fetal medicine specialist, Dr. Brian Kirshon, who found a fourth heartbeat.

"We couldn't have been more surprised when Dr. Kirshon told us we were having four babies and that they were two sets of twins," Manuel Montalvo said in the statement. "We were trying for one little brother or sister for our two-and-a-half year old son, Memphis."

Roughly 2 percent of all pregnancies result in one set of identical twins, when a fertilized egg splits into two embryos. The odds of having two sets at the same time? Pretty slim, according to Dr. James Grifo, director of the NYU Fertility Center.

"The chance of this outcome is approximately one in 10,000," Grifo said of two embryos splitting after IVF. "This could also occur in a natural conception, but the chance of that is much
[rarer]."

The Montalvos' pregnancy was all natural, according to Tressa Montalvo.

"No fertility drugs were used. We planned the pregnancy - I guess we just succeeded a little too much!"

Because identical twins can share an amniotic sac and a placenta, they're at risk for becoming tangled in each others' umbilical cords and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome - a rare placental disease that results in one twin getting less blood than the other.

"Having multiples certainly adds risk to a pregnancy in and of itself," said Dr. Kimberly Gesci, an obstetrician at UH Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. "One of the biggest risks is preterm delivery and growth restriction."

The Montalvo brood was born by C-section at 31 weeks. The newborns weighed between 3 pounds, 15 ounces and 2 pounds, 15 ounces.



While extremely rare, delivering two sets of identical twins isn't unheard of. In April, 2011, Miranda and Josh Crawford of Charlotte, N.C. gave birth to identical twin girls and identical twin boys after undergoing in-vitro fertilization. And in 2002, Christina Tetrick of Wichita, Kan. was pregnant with two sets of identical twin boys, just like the Montalvos.

But while the Montalvo house just got a lot more crowded, the mom and dad of five say they're not done yet.

"We want a girl," Manuel Montalvo said.

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4 Extra Boys instead? I hope they change their minds about gunning down for a "sister" again or else...

Lucky Dad, or should I say "Strong Man".

Interesting to see they're all doing good, no siamese, no alterations. Good for them.

Wonderful! But why more? Hope they won't get two sets of triplets this time around.

Ikan ba bi Eji lo wole tomiwa

Man proposes......God disposes.
I will advise they shouldnt make an attempt to try again, or else........only God knows

Woooooow. I love the ABCD naming.

Waow i love dis. Me na 3plets i go born.

I have seen three sets of triplets before all in the name of looking for a boy.8 girls + 1 boy in total.

^ Sooner they'd be setting up a "School" in their yard.

So??

Temismith: Waow i love dis. Me na 3plets i go born.

am sorry for your Pus*y!

Mad Cow: IVF, the best thing to happen to fertility since Church Prayers.



Thank you Science...

the name fit you die... "MAD COW"

Rsvp on tu d next one___dat man man na Mr Capable oo

One word- WONDERFUL

Cyber_mugu: am sorry for your Pus*y!

I swear if anything happens to my ribs...

btw,the thing no get elastic limit o

dont8: Wonderful! But why more? Hope they won't get two sets of triplets this time around.

. ROTFL!!!

Mad Cow: IVF, the best thing to happen to fertility since Church Prayers.



Thank you Science...

Since church prayer wat?
God pls i need triplets. Two girls and 1 boy. Amen

Not surprised by the identicality of the two sets of twins cos that is how it should be base on the division of the two embryos formed from the fertilization by two different sperm cells of two different ovaries.
They shouldn't worry anyway untill they got to hundred in search of a daughter.

I guess the taxi driver know how to nack akpako on bed......

Temismith: Waow i love dis. Me na 3plets i go born.

oya,come here mak i enject you with my sturbon sp**m

God at work, Edun beleje ori igi, we were also looking for a boy in my family n had 2 girls instead. GOD OF WONDERS

dridowu: Ikan ba bi Eji lo wole tomiwa

chaiii all of dem 4 be identical

No b small tin o!

To God be the glory.

I can't wait 2 have mine. Hapi 4 them!

U are talking as if it is easy

Mad Cow:

And Yours fits you perfectly as well... CYBER MUMU o!! Sorry.. _{CYBER MUGU}.

i wonder why seun keeps Mad Cows as members...

pastie:
I swear if anything happens to my ribs...

btw,the thing no get elastic limit o

realy, but i dn't think she can bear it...

So girls re this important.