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'Infertile' Mom Gets Pregnant With Quadruplets -- Naturally!
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?
Image via sethbaur/Flickr
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jrphelps
What a dumb dr she had!! I have PCOS & conceived naturally. I got off the pill 1 year & 2 months before we got married because I knew it would take me longer to get pregnant. My dr told me I SHOULD be able to conceive naturally. After that long of trying, I had conceded to the fact that I would need fertility treatments. BUT 3 months after we were married, I was pregnant. NATURALLY!! I just took ovulation tests. And I know several women with PCOS that have children. All were not as lucky as me to conceive naturally but we were NEVER told we were infertile.
I am very excited for this mommy & her babies!!
jaznrich
Sirena
micheledo
How wonderful!! And good for her for choosing to keep all the babies!
AmberMcB
Roxi
Katrina Miller
PCOS and endo here too. 9 months to get pregnant (naturally) with my son and over 2 years, 12 medicated cycles in a row that failed and no baby. We ended up taking a break cycle in January 2011 before moving onto to IVF in February and SURPRISE miracle baby was born in Sept 2011. So, yes, women with PCOS can get pregnant naturally, but it's hard most of the time and had I not been on meds I don't think I would have gotten pregnant. Even when not trying to conceive the cysts are miserable. It's an awful, life altering dianosis. Especially if you want to have kids. If you have PCOS or suspect you do, see a doctor, don't wait and don't "just take ovulation tests." PCOS isn't just ovulating irregularly, annovulatory cycles are SUPER common and there are so many other risk factors like insulin restiance, higher chances of endometriosis, ovarian cancer, diminished ovarian reserve....get it checked out.
Gina Durso Winbush
you can order fertility drugs off line lol
Jaime Swift Sundin
I have a friend who was told she would never get pregnant, so they adopted a son from a friend of theirs and went 18 years with out getting pregnant, her doctor told her she was only ovulating once a year. She now has two miracle babies of her own. So doctors who think that they know every thing no actually nothing.
Katie Uszaki
Why would any mother not want to keep all of her babies? Why is it legal to kill a baby while it's inside your body but it's illegal to kill them afterwards? To me it's the same thing.