{"id":10218,"date":"2023-03-20T15:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=10218"},"modified":"2023-03-20T15:24:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T19:24:36","slug":"mississippi-couple-welcomes-rare-quintuplets-after-infertility-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2023\/03\/mississippi-couple-welcomes-rare-quintuplets-after-infertility-struggles.html","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Couple Welcomes Rare Quintuplets After Infertility Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10242\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/03\/Haylee-Ladner_credit-UMMC-Facebook-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10242\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2023\/03\/Haylee-Ladner_credit-UMMC-Facebook-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMMC \/ Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Haylee and Shawn Ladner of Purvis, Mississippi are calling the birth of their rare quintuplets a &#8220;blessing&#8221; after struggling with infertility. The pair has been married for nearly four years after knowing each other since preschool and have been trying for a baby for quite some time with her two previous pregnancies resulted in miscarriages. When she went in for a four-week checkup after her intrauterine insemination, the doctor found that her human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels were raised, indicating that she may be pregnant with twins. During her seven-week check up, which marked her longest pregnancy, the doctor found two gestational sacs, showing quintuplets, with four of the five babies being identical multiples.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rachel Morris, who is an associate professor of maternal fetal medicine and the University of Mississippi Medical Center spoke in a press conference about the rarity of this pregnancy saying, &#8220;She had a quintuplet pregnancy with four identical females. Reports of spontaneous quintuplets vary but are about 1 in 60 million.&#8221; Shawn recalled his feelings when he and his wife heard the news saying, &#8220;I had to sit down on the bed with her. I couldn&#8217;t stand up.&#8221; He added saying, &#8220;My immediate reaction was just fear for her, because I thought, \u2018How is she going to carry five kids?'&#8221; Their next worry was finding doctors who would be willing to take on such a rare pregnancy, but through family friends, the Ladner&#8217;s found Dr. Morris and her team. &#8220;They did exceptionally well. They took every precaution they that could&#8217;ve possibly have handled,&#8221; said Haylee.<\/p>\n<p>Haylee entered the hospital in mid-January and stayed in the hospital under the care of doctors until her scheduled cesarean section on February 16th, marking her pregnancy 28 weeks and one day. Jake Eaton weighed 2 pounds 5 ounces at birth. Adalyn Elizabeth and Magnolia Mae both weighed 2 pounds 2 ounces. Everleigh Rose weighed 2 pounds 0.8 ounces. Malley Kate weighed 1 pound 11 ounces, but has joined the two-pound club since birth. Haylee and Shawn say that their babies are doing well in the NICU and are growing each day.<\/p>\n<p>Haylee spoke about her emotions during this time saying, &#8220;This has been the biggest blessing I could have ever had in my entire life. I&#8217;m so grateful to be their mother and\u00a0that God let me be their mother.&#8221; She gave advice to anybody struggling with infertility saying, &#8220;If there is anybody else out there who struggles with infertility or anything life that, they shouldn&#8217;t give up. If I had given up, I wouldn&#8217;t have those children that I have now.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haylee and Shawn Ladner of Purvis, Mississippi are calling the birth of their rare quintuplets a &#8220;blessing&#8221; after struggling with infertility. 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