MIAMI (WSVN) - A very special delivery made history at a Miami hospital.
The first-ever quadruplets to have been born at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital came into this world on Wednesday.
On Friday, Mayra Bradley introduced a 7News crew to the new arrivals.
“They are Dia, Lua, Liv and Mar,” she said.
This is the first time this has ever happened in the hospital’s 70-year history.
Using advanced fetal therapy, doctors were able to deliver the four newborns.
“This type of pregnancy is very rare. The incidence of quadruplets is about one in 500,000 pregnancies,” said Dr. Eftichia Kontopoulos, a specialist in maternal fetal medicine.
Mayra learned early she would be carrying four bundles of joy, and she was determined to carry all four to term.
“Not only did this patient come at 12 weeks, very early to us, with the diagnosis quadruplets, she decided to do everything possible to continue this pregnancy and carry these babies as far as possible,” said Kontopoulos.
“He said the odds were in her favor, because she’s healthy,” said Devon Bradley, the babies’ father. “Everything looked good on ultrasound and everything like that, so, yeah, we decided to go for it.”
Mayra and Devon live three hours away from the hospital. They were admitted at 27 weeks so they could be in place if the delivery came early.
At 30 weeks and two days, Mayra gave birth.
“Yeah I was definitely terrified,” said Devon. “I never let her know I was terrified.”
“We were both terrified,” said Mayra.
“But yeah, she was super, super strong the whole time, and she impressed all of us,” said Devon.
The newborns are in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Doctors said they are all doing well.
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