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Mum gives birth to 'one in 15 million' identical quadruplets in miracle birth.

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An Australian mother has given birth to an ultra-rare set of naturally conceived identical quadruplets, following what doctors described as an "extremely high-risk" pregnancy.Jenitar Na'amoana, 34, delivered the four girls via caesarean at 28 weeks and four days at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in Queensland on July 14.Despite arriving more than 11 weeks premature, the babies are reported to be in good health and are receiving specialist care in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.The newborns are monozygotic quadruplets, meaning they developed after a single fertilised egg split into four separate embryos.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say According to the medical team, pregnancies of this nature are extremely uncommon, with maternal foetal medicine specialist and obstetrician Dr Alexa Bendall estimating the chances at around one in 15 million.Dr Bendall said the case was even more remarkable because all four babies shared a single placenta – describing the condition...

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A woman has given birth to naturally conceived identical quadruplet daughters, all sharing one placenta and developing from a single fertilized egg in one of the few cases of its kind in the world.

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