Meeting your new baby for the first time is such an emotional and miraculous moment, so I can't even begin to imagine how it must have felt for Carrie and Gavin Jones when they watched their five newborns arrive in a matter of only five minutes! Yes -- I said five babies. Carrie and Gavin are the proud parents of quintuplets, three baby boys and two baby girls.
And while the newborns are still in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's University Hospital in Texas, they are all in stable condition.
The babies weighed in between 1 pound 12 ounces and 2 pounds 11 ounces, and their parents gave all of them adorable, traditional names. The boys are called Will Edward, David Stephen, and Seth Jared, while the little girls are named Grace Elise and Marcie Jane. (So sweet!)
The quints aren't expected to leave the hospital for quite some time, as each one has his/her own personal medical team who are monitoring them constantly to try and get them to a healthy enough weight to go home with their parents.
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Carrie has deemed her little miracles "five tiny bundles of perfection," and according to the doctor who delivered the quints, she and her husband have remained strong and "held it together" even though bringing five premature babies into the world can be very emotionally draining. And perhaps one of the most astonishing parts of this story is the fact that the quints were not conceived using in vitro, though Carrie was using shots to help her get pregnant. She and Gavin never dreamed that they'd actually wind up with five new little ones all at once, but I guess these babies were just meant to be.
And judging from what Carrie and Gavin do for a living, I'm not surprised that they are finding inner strength while their babies are hospitalized. They are both missionaries who serve in New Guinea, and they even have their 8-year-old son alongside them in their efforts. If anyone has the courage and faith necessary to remain optimistic after having quintuplets, it's two people who have devoted their lives to helping others.
What words of encouragement would you offer this family?
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Don't forget to hug your 8-yr-old at least once a day for putting up with all that fuss and crying and dirty diaper smell.
I'm not saying ones better than the other but most of you get my point
This woman is the sister of one of my college roommates. They are a great family, who sacrifice their lives helping people in 3rd world countries. You have no idea the kind of people they are or the kind of parents they are. So cool it.
All you moms that say she's not a super mom because of her C-Section can kiss my butt. Not only is it hard work raising quintuplets but its hard work accepting that you have had a C-Section! I'm a C-Section mom myself and a SUPER MOM at that. I may only have one baby, but I run a business (huge chunk of my day) and I still have time for my baby. REGARDLESS OF MY WAY OF BIRTH which was not planned at all. You can't deny my the title of super-mom JUST BECAUSE of my C-Section same with this wonderful mom. Its painful enough to know that I couldn't do it naturally and will never be able to give birth naturally because of my anatomy. So shut up, educate yourself before you judge someone for having babies via C-Sections. And to all my C-Section mommies, GO US! We were CUT OPEN because it was the best for OUR BABIES! It is a huge surgery and we're supermoms for getting through it!