A 34-year-old woman in Queensland has delivered identical quadruplet girls in a rare natural pregnancy.
Key facts
- •Jenitar Sau Na’amoana is 34 years old and already a mother of four.
- •The quadruplets were delivered at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
- •The babies resulted from a single fertilized egg splitting into four.
- •Medical experts estimate the probability of this spontaneous occurrence at 1 in 15 million.
- •The general likelihood of naturally conceiving quadruplets is 1 in 700,000.
A 34-year-old Australian woman, Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, gave birth to identical quadruplet girls last week at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Queensland. The pregnancy was described by medical professionals as incredibly rare, as the babies were conceived naturally from a single fertilized egg that split into four.
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Medical rarity of the birth
Dr. Alexa Bendall, a maternal fetal medicine specialist who treated Na’amoana, stated that the odds of such a case occurring spontaneously are estimated at approximately 1 in 15 million. According to the hospital, this instance is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia. While the chance of naturally conceiving quadruplets is generally cited by experts as 1 in 700,000, most quadruplet births involve the use of medical technology. Na’amoana, who already had four children, is now caring for her expanded family.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by South China Morning Post.
