Charlene Medlicott had given up on the idea of ever being pregnant after doctors told her she was infertile when she was only 15 years old. She had been diagnosed with polycystic ovaries, which is a condition that makes it very difficult to become pregnant.
Doctors were sure it would never happen for Charlene, so you can only imagine her complete and total shock when she wound up conceiving quadruplets naturally five years later, at the age of 20!! The idea that she and her husband were expecting a baby was a surprise enough in itself -- but to hear they actually had four little ones on the way? OMG. The word "disbelief" doesn't seem to do their story justice.
Of course, carrying multiples can be a bit scary and risky, which is why doctors advised Charlene to undergo selective reduction to eliminate two of her babies. She and her husband refused, and now six months later, they have four beautiful daughters, Evelynn, Gracie-Lou, Rosaline, and Amalia-Rose.
The odds of conceiving quadruplets naturally and without the help of fertility treatments are twenty-five-million-to-one, which makes the birth of these four babies even more miraculous. They were definitely meant to be, even though Charlene never dreamed she'd actually become pregnant and give birth to her own biological children.
Being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome can be so devastating, but hearing how Charlene and her four gorgeous little girls defied the odds should give other couples hope that their dream of having kids isn't necessarily over because of that diagnosis. And if she was able to conceive four babies, surely there must be a chance of other women with this condition becoming pregnant with one!
Do you know anyone who's had trouble getting pregnant because of polycystic ovaries?
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Dumb old doctor anyway. I have PCOS and was able to conceive naturally twice. The first time I had just lost 30 pounds, which I believe increased my chances exponentially. I used ovulation predictors and got pregnant the first month of trying. My second child was a complete shock, being conceived when my first daughter was just 3 months old. I now have two beautiful girls who will be 1 and 2 this month. It is FAR from impossible, and congratulations to this new mommy with her times-four blessing!
I have PCOS and an Auto-immuine disease (that causes me to have thyroid problems). It took Meds and shots but I now have a beautiful 2 year old and am getting ready to go through it all again so she can have a sibling. She really needed to have gotten a 2nd opinion.
Yea, I think this just goes to show that even if your doctor tells you that you cant get pregnant, you still better wear condoms lol.
I had never really used birth control and for years I didn't get pregnant, so when I got pregnant with my daughter at 21, my husband and I were over the moon! Because of the lack of periods I didn't realize I was pregnant until I was 4.5 months along! When she was a year old, I was diagnosed with dysplasia and they had to cut a cone out of my cervix to rid me of cancer cells. This was shortly after we had began trying for Baby #2, this led me to seeing a specialist who then diagnosed me with endometriosis and PCOS. 6 years later and we still haven't been able to conceive another child and have been told that we can try insemination but the likelihood is we'll never be able to conceive naturally. So I can understand how she would refuse to even give up one! For someone who was told they can never have a baby, you feel truly blessed to receive a miracle and would never give it up for a second! I haven't given up hope that someday we'll be blessed a second time because of stories like this!