By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-15 21:42:26 | Updated at 2024-11-27 18:29:25
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A 20-year-old woman was left completely shocked when she discovered that she was pregnant with quadruplets after going to the doctor for a sore throat.
Katelyn Yates, from Greenup, Illinois, went to the emergency room in early April after a pain in her throat just wouldn't go away.
Doctors wanted to do an X-ray to try to get to the bottom of what was wrong, and she was told that she'd have to take a routine pregnancy test first since radiation is dangerous to unborn babies.
It never occurred to Katelyn, who works as a nursing assistant, that it would come back positive.
But it did - and she was then told she wasn't just expecting one baby, she was expecting four.
'I was completely in shock,' she recalled to the Today show of the moment she found out.
The Illinois-native added that she thought it was a prank at first because it had happened on April Fool's Day.
But she explained that her now-fiancé, Julian Bueker, 21, helped ease her nerves.
A 20-year-old woman was left completely shocked when she discovered that she was pregnant with quadruplets after going to the doctor for a sore throat
Katelyn Yates (seen during her pregnancy) went to the emergency room in early April after a pain in her throat just wouldn't go away and doctors performed a routine pregnancy test
It never occurred to Katelyn, who works as a nursing assistant, that it would come back positive. But it did - and she wasn't just expecting one baby, she was expecting four
On October 17, at 28 weeks, her liver and kidneys began to fail, so she underwent an emergency C-section and she welcomed her four babies, Elizabeth, Max, Elliot, and Zya
But being born early meant they were extremely small, and while they're currently still in the NICU, Katelyn told the publication that they're 'doing phenomenal'
She said he was 'so excited,' despite them only starting their relationship six months prior, and his response made the situation so much easier.
Unfortunately, Katelyn faced difficulties during her pregnancy, as she suffered from something known as preeclampsia, a 'serious blood pressure condition that develops after the 20th week of pregnancy,' per My Cleveland Clinic.
On October 17, at 28 weeks, her liver and kidneys began to fail, so she underwent an emergency C-section and she welcomed her four babies, Elizabeth, Max, Elliot, and Zya.
But being born early meant they were extremely small, with their weights ranging from one pound two ounces to two pounds six ounces.
They're currently still in the NICU, but Katelyn told the publication that they're 'doing phenomenal.'
'They are gaining weight and growing,' she shared. 'Elizabeth is about six grams away from reaching two pounds.
'It's amazing to me how well they are doing. Just a few weeks ago, they were the size of my hand.'
