The Surprise Quad Squad: A Rare Natural Arrival in England

Quadruplets are rare as it is, but the set born to an English couple four months ago is truly exceptional: Amelia, Sophia, Aston, and Roman arrived as a result of a spontaneous and natural pregnancy, without any medical intervention.

The quadruplets' parents, Catalina Martin and Matthew Davis, recently married. Each had one child from previous marriages, and they decided they wanted a child together. However, when 28-year-old Catalina went for her first ultrasound, the procedure took longer than expected. "The technician kept staring at the screen," Martin recalls. "Eventually, she told me I was expecting three or four children. My reaction was to burst into tears. I couldn’t process it."

The Quad Squad

The quadruplets were delivered by cesarean section at 30 weeks, and all four—two boys and two girls—are perfectly healthy and have already been discharged home. "I was so relieved to know they were healthy and whole," the mother says. "I couldn’t believe it when I saw them lying in their cribs. None of them are identical, and each has a different personality."

The odds of naturally conceiving quadruplets are about 1 in 700,000, and experts say they can’t even estimate the minuscule chances of naturally having non-identical quadruplets.