A mother who gave birth to identical quadruplets amid the coronavirus pandemic has opened up about what life is like with her 20-month-old sons, saying she and her husband change 24 diapers a day and spend $300 a week on groceries.
Jenny Marr, 36, from Texas, and her husband Chris welcomed their four boys — Hudson, Harrison, Henry, and Hardy — on March 15, 2020, when much of the country was going into lockdown and hospitals were implementing severe visitation restrictions.
Nearly two years later, the parents are inundated with never-ending diaper changes and trips to the grocery store, but they wake up every day grateful for their ’15 million to one miracles.’
‘Life has completely changed for Chris and I now that we suddenly have four babies to look after,’ Jenny told The Sun. ‘We go through 1.5 gallons of milk every couple of days, and I do try and cook homemade food, but sometimes I’m so exhausted that I just heat up something that’s frozen for Chris and I to eat.’
Incredible: Jenny Marr, 36, from Texas, and her husband Chris are proud parents to identical quadruplets: Hudson, Harrison, Henry, and Hardy
Brood: The 20-month-old boys were conceived naturally. The odds of having identical, spontaneous quadruplets is somewhere around 1 in 11 million or 1 in 15 million
The couple was ready to become parents when they stopped using contraception in March 2019. Six months later, she learned she was pregnant, but her 11-week ultrasound revealed surprising news.
Jenna recalled how the sonographer was looking ‘intently at the screen,’ making her worried that there was something wrong.
‘She turned the screen away from me and told me everything was fine, but she was still looking hard at the monitor. So I knew there was something up,’ she explained.
‘I started laughing and nervously asked her if I was having twins. But nothing could have prepared me for her answer. “No, you’re having triplets,” she told me, finally.
‘I saw Chris had gone a ghostly shade of white, and with a thump he passed out on the floor. One of the nurses helped him up and gave him a glass of water. He was still in shock as he came to, sitting on a chair.’
Surprise: Jenna and Chris were told she was having triplets at her 11-week ultrasound, which caused her husband to pass out. They later learned she was pregnant with four babies
Risky pregnancy: The doctor told Chris there was a 0.01 per cent chance that all of the quadruplets would survive
Jenny was also shocked to learn she was pregnant with multiples. The sonographer told them it was the first time in her career she’d ever told anyone they are having naturally conceived triplets.
When they went to see a specialist the following week, they learned she was actually pregnant with four babies — and they were identical.
‘This time Chris and I both laughed, and he didn’t faint straight onto the floor,’ Jenny said. ‘We just found it funny. “We’re not coming back next week,” we told the nurse, laughing. I was pleased that it was going to be four, as I’ve never liked odd numbers.
‘”They will be able to pair up,” I told Chris happily. ‘There is never going to be an odd one out.’
