Woman Gives Birth To Quadruplets At CWM Hospital
She and husband Ashneel Raj now have six children. Their older children are boys, five and four years old.
Tuesday 17 March 2020 | 09:38
Rashika Kumari (right), who delivered quadruplets on Saturday, receives a congratulatory kiss from her aunt Kiran Lata at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital. INSET: The newborn quadruplets at CWMH on March 16, 2020
Rashika Kumari says she was relieved when she heard the cries of her quadruplets for the first time.
The three girls and a boy were born on Saturday, delivered by Caeaserian, at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva.
The 28-year-old of Nakaulevu, Navua said: “I can’t wait to take them home.”
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She and husband Ashneel Raj now have six children. Their older children are boys, five and four years old.
Ms Kumari said the quadruplets were the first in their family.
“There is no one in my family nor my husband’s family that has a history of giving birth to quadruplets, triplets and twins at any time in their lives,” Ms Kumari said.
“I was really shocked when I was told that I had four children in my womb.
“I was with my mother when I had my scan done and she was also shocked when I informed her about the news.
“My family were very happy that there wasn’t going to be only one but four new additions to our family.”
She said her pregnancy experience was a difficult one.
“I was admitted here at the CWM Maternity Unit on March 6 as I had then started feeling pain and contractions but I gave birth on March 14.
“It was a different experience altogether for me during my pregnancy as I was carrying four babies.
“It was heavy to carry them around.”
AFTER BIRTH
She said: “The day they were born they were in critical condition, but day by day they had improved and now just hearing them cry was always reassuring for me.
“They are recovering well at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the CWM Hospital at the moment.
“I have heard many people talk about the challenges of raising quadruplets but I am ready to raise them up to be healthy and bright kids.
“I have a great supportive family and everyone is excited to help out with the raising of the four.”
It is believed this is the second set of quadruplets born at the same hospital.
The first set, of four boys, was born in 2014. But one died shortly after birth. They were also delivered by C-section.
Edited by Jonathan Bryce
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