What began as a shock turned into a rare blessing as a Corpus Christi couple welcomed identical quadruplets, with two girls now home and two still in NICU care.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Corpus Christi family is celebrating a rare and unexpected blessing after a surprise pregnancy turned into the arrival of quadruplets, four identical baby girls named Amora, Analia, Arya, and A’zura.
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Adriana Luna and her fiancé, Anthony Lerma, were already parents to a two-year-old son when they learned Luna was pregnant. Despite the odds, Luna delivered the girls on Valentine’s Day at 29 weeks.
Now, two of the babies have been released from the neonatal intensive care unit, while the family hopes the other two will be home soon.
For Luna, the experience has been both overwhelming and emotional.
“I was actually one and done with my toddler, but they just came and they’re a miracle because they weren’t supposed to be here at all,” she said.
Luna said she had an intrauterine device, or IUD, at the time, making the pregnancy even more unexpected.
“I was like ‘no fricking way!’” Lerma said. “He thought I was joking,” Luna added.
Pregnancies involving multiple babies can be high-risk, something Luna said weighed heavily on her.
“Multiples does not run in my family, so this was something new. And at the same time, I was excited, but also worried,” she said.
At the time, Luna had just begun a nursing program at Del Mar College. While she is now focused on caring for her five children, she said she plans to return.
“That is my career. That is my aspiration. I am going to be a nurse. Nothing’s going to stop me,” Luna said.
The couple said they have not gone through the journey alone. Dr. Miguel Deleon, who leads the NICU at Corpus Christi Medical Center, has played a key role in the babies’ care.
“One in 11 million are the odds of having in this particular scenario of identical twins, and so it’s very rewarding,” Deleon said.
He said his team has been prepared from the start.
“On standby from the very beginning because we don’t know when they’re gonna be born, and I think it’s always a challenge to be predicting because the care is totally different,” he said.
As they adjust to life as a family of seven, Luna and Lerma are asking the community for help.
“We do wanna provide our the best for our babies and also it is hard for us right now as well because I can’t work I can’t. I can’t do a lot as I wanted to,” Luna said.
“Anything helps really,” Lerma added.
The family has created a GoFundMe page and says they are grateful for the support they’ve already received from the community.