A wave of amazement and joy has swept over Naples! Incredible news comes from the Federico II Polyclinic, where a mother gave birth to four healthy babies. Quadruplet births are extremely rare, with only 1 in 700,000 births in Europe according to statistics.
Francesco, Diego, Manuel, Martina: the record-breaking babies
It wasn’t an easy journey, neither for the medical team nor for the supermom, 30-year-old Giovanna, who delivered four fraternal quadruplets. She had been admitted to the hospital at 26 weeks pregnant and gave birth at just 30 weeks. The newborns needed an extended period in incubators, but after about 40 days, they were able to leave and are now safe in their mother’s arms.
The new mother couldn’t hide her emotions: “I’m beyond happy, especially because they’re all doing well now. This journey has been a whirlwind of emotions: immense joy for birth I had longed for, but also the anxiety that things might not go well and the fear I wouldn’t make it. Luckily, we’re all together now.”
This isn’t the first record-breaking procedure in Italy this past year. If you want to learn about other recent medical miracles in Italy, click the links below: