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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congrats on the birth of your five babies i wish u all the best and hope to god they pull thou for u take no notice of nasty commets x
I think it's awesome that she had 5, and I'm not belittling her for that, or for the fact that she had a c-section, but it was a c-section, so how long do you really expect them to take? They do it one right after the other, so its not like they leave her open and take a ciagrette break in between.
Good luck to this family, and praying for God's blessings, and a few quiet moments in the midst of chaos.
Although I never had more than one baby at a time, I was blessed to not have the infertility problems that some women have - I have six children, four boys (15,10,9, and 9 mo.) and two girls (14 as of 9/4 and 2 yrs). Juggling six is not an easy task - even for someone like me who is very adept at juggling ten...yes ten, 2 yr olds alone in a classroom, but it is doable and I would NEVER trade my life for someone else's. God granted me the gift of fertility (despite the use of BC) and I do not take my children for granted. I pray that this family will survive the rough spots and realize how blessed they are - forever! Congrats! (oh, and one of my son's name is Stephen David!)