Pulling off a birthday party for a child is already a feat in itself. Now, imagine organizing a party for a set of quadruplets!
Luckily for the parents, they only get to celebrate these 4-in-1 birthdays every four years – that is if you consider technicalities.
Reuben, Samuel, Zachary, and Joshua Robbins were born on February 29, 2012.
At first, their parents Martin and Emma Robbins were just trying to conceive a baby brother for their eldest child.
To their surprise, they discovered that they were naturally conceiving a set of quadruplets. At that moment, they knew their lives are going to change forever.
“If you have IVF, there is a higher chance you will have a multiple birth, but this was natural and it changed our lives,” Martin said to Wales Online.
The conception was not without complications.
A series of doctors told Emma to terminate two of the four to save the other babies. Emma cannot even imagine going through the process.
Despite the odds, she pushed through with the pregnancy. Two months before her due date, Emma went into labor.
Martin remembered that day and how almost 40 members of the hospital staff were tending to them during the big day.
The brothers were born with around six minutes between them through caesarian section.
While three of the boys are genetically identical, one of them looks like his older brother. The brothers are now celebrating their birthday with their father in Chepstow, South Wales.
“Competition is fierce. They are still sorting out their pecking order and do require space.” Martin said to the Daily Mail. We can only imagine how much of a handful these young boys are.
As the boys are growing up, Martin shared that they also developed their own personalities.
The boys used to be in separate classes when they first started school. Eventually, they went to the same school and were sitting in the same class.
Despite the proximity to each other, Martin said the boys were developing their interests and had their own sets of friends.
The quadruplets have been celebrating their birthdays every 1st of March.
“When it isn’t a leap year, we’ve celebrated their birthday on March 1, but some leap year babies celebrate on February 28, but it doesn’t really make a difference – they can decide when they’re older which they prefer,” Martin said to Wales Online.
The quadruplets often have a birthday party but there are also times when they have a birthday sleepover where their friends get to meet each other. It’s a great moment for them to grow closer and to get to know the people their brothers are hanging out with.
Statistically speaking, 9 in 10 multiple births are twins.
The rest are split for the chances to conceive three or more identical children.
The chances of conceiving twins, triplets, quadruplets, or more are much higher if the mother has a family history of multiple births. While people believe that “twins” skip generations, this probability is more of a myth than an exact science.
Watch how this quadruplet beat the odds that’s one in a million.
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