A Los Angeles mother welcomed quadruplets on the four floor of the hospital on the Fourth of July.
The Gutovich family had two boys and girls to celebrate after their arrival on the American holiday via C-section.
‘I think they kind of stole the show. We didn’t get to see fireworks but we saw, like, real miracles,’ the babies’ mother, Sara Kahen Gutovich, said.
The babies have not been named yet but are being called the ‘Quad Squad’ by family members for the time being.
The Gutovich family of Los Angeles welcomed quadruplets on July 4. Pictured: Mom Sara Kahen Gutovich with two of the babies
The new babies have not been named yet. Pictured: Dad Rabbi Yisrael Gutovich with the other two babies
The babies were born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Grove, a neighborhood located in northwest Los Angeles.
All four babies each weighed just over four pounds after being born at 34 weeks.
A typical quadruplet pregnancy is anywhere from 28 to 31 weeks, while a single pregnancy is considered full-term at 40 weeks.
The mom told KTLA the babies are currently ‘doing well’ and resting at the Guerin Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
‘Our team is monitoring the babies’ progress and looking forward to the day when they have grown enough to leave the hospital and go home with their family,’ a representative for Cedars-Sinai told DailyMail.com.
‘We are proud of our skilled and talented staff, who provide highly specialized care and support for our youngest patients and their families,’ the statement read.
Kahen Gutovich and her partner, Rabbi Yisrael Gutovich, also have a three-year-old.
The proud parents said their son is eagerly waiting at home to meet his new siblings.
According to medial professionals, quadruplets are incredibly rare in the U.S., roughly one in every 700,000 pregnancies.
In 2021, just 133 quadruplet births were recorded among more than 3.6 million babies born, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
The babies are in the NICU after being born at 34 weeks. Pictured: The baby boys
All four of the babies weighed just over 4 pounds each. Pictured: The new baby girls
‘I think they kind of stole the show. We didn’t get to see fireworks but we saw, like, real miracles,’ Kahen Gutovich (pictured) said
Cedars-Sinai is currently experiencing major uptick in births of multiples.
In early July, DailyMail.com shared that the same NICU holding the quadruplets was caring for ten sets of twins at the same time.
‘We’re used to twins, we’re used to multiples, but having that many at one time is quite an accomplishment,’ said Ashley Richardson, who works in the NICU.
Richardson, an RN and the NICU’s assistant nurse manager, said she thinks the ‘twin baby boom’ could be a record for the hospital.
‘I don’t know what the record is, but 10 is pretty close to it,’ she said.
Most of the sets born and taken to the NICU were double boys, and the babies ranged from 2 pounds to 6 pounds.
The babies were all born without a two week time frame, officials said.
‘It’s comforting to see so many other families experiencing the same thing,’ said Jordan Edelstein, a new dad who welcomed boy-girl twins.
The same NICU caring for the quadruplets recently cared for 10 sets of twins consecutively
Most of the sets were double boys, and the babies ranged from 2 pounds to 6 pounds
Hospital staff said that while the nurses and doctors may be feeling slightly overwhelmed with the influx, they love having the babies around.
‘Seeing all these twins brings back happy memories for me,’ said Bevin Merideth, the NICU assistant director and nurse.
Merideth has twin sisters and said they also spent time in the hospital, one of the reasons she became a nurse.
‘We look forward to hearing from these parents and seeing photos as the twins progress at home. Perhaps next year at this time we’ll have a reunion with 20 1-year-olds,’ she said.
