SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- A California mother gave birth to four identical quadruplet girls, a phenomenon that only happens in every 1-in-11 million births overall. What is also unusual is that Ornsee Khamsa and Verek Muy conceived the children without the aid of fertility drugs, an extremely unusual situation in cases of multiple births, doctors said.
Born Monday at Sutter Memorial Hospital after only about 30 weeks gestation, the largest baby weighs 2 pounds, 8 ounces. The smallest is 2 pounds, 5 ounces. Khamsa, 22, and Muy, 20, named the newborns Preana, Audreana, Natalie and Melody.
The couple, who live with relatives in West Sacramento, also have a 4-year-old son named Raymond. They said they plan to marry soon.
Specialists monitored the girls for the first 48 hours for signs of trouble, including respiratory distress and other complications common in premature infants. Doctors said they expect the four babies to be fine.
About 500 sets of quadruplets are born each year, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. But an identical set has only happened a handful of times in recent history.
Cassidy said she is aware of only 26 sets of identical quads born since 1930, 17 of them female.
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