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We wanted one more kid but ended up with all-female quintuplets – we change 420 nappies a week and make 40 bottles daily
A COUPLE who wanted to try for one more baby ended up with all-female quintuplets.
Adam and Danielle Busby, from Houston, America, were concerned they would never be able to have children after being declared infertile while trying to conceive daughter Blayke.
Adam and Danielle Busby were declared infertile by doctors[/caption]
They’d undergone intrauterine insemination (IUI) – a process similar to IVF which involves the woman being given fertility drugs before the man’s sperm is injected into her uterus.
After successfully having Blayke, now five, they decided to give the process another shot.
They had been warned multiple births was a possibility, but they never dreamed they would end up expecting FIVE babies.
And it’s little wonder, given the odds are 41 million to one.
But the couple have since welcomed a daughter Blayke and quintuplets Hazel, Ava, Parker, Olivia and Riley following fertility treatment[/caption]
When the babies were born the parents were changing 420 nappies a week[/caption]
Prior to giving birth, Danielle embarked on a serious eating regime, consuming 4,500 calories a day to ensure she got enough nutrients.
When Danielle was 28 weeks gone and the fetuses began jostling for space, the medical team decided to deliver the girls.
Adam was by Danielle’s side as the surgeons performed a cesarean section, and Hazel, Ava, Parker, Olivia and Riley were safely delivered.
All were healthy, but weighed under two pounds.
After bringing the babies home, the couple embarked on a military style regime in order to cope with raising their bumper brood.
The couple were making up 40 bottles of milk for the quints a day[/caption]
Adam has since had a vasectomy just to be on the safe side[/caption]
Danielle and Adam, whose family now star in the TLC series Outdaughtered, worked round the clock to keep their babies fed and clean, changing 420 nappies a week and making up to 40 bottles a day.
Adam also took time out from his job in the oil industry, but the couple struggled.
He recalled: “It was exhausting. Days and nights just ran together.
“We would have a 45-minute break after feeding, changing and cleaning bottles, and then we’d have to wake them up again.
“It seemed like it never ended. I was delighted to get away to work.”
But while having five brand new babies may have been exhausting, the parents admit it only got tougher once the quints hit their terrible twos.
The quints are now five-years-old[/caption]
“They are so full of energy, we are constantly trying to find ways to tire them out” says Danielle.
“It’s a full time job keeping up with these toddlers.”
And the girls are now five-years-old and have spent the last year cooped up in lockdown.
Adam says: “All I can really hope for is to keep them busy. If they’re busy enough they’re not going to get bored and aggravated.”
Not wanting to take any chances, Adam has now had a vasectomy.
Danielle said: “This is our family. We are blessed and we are complete.”
Outdaughtered is available to watch on TLC and Discovery+
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