Pregnant Mississippi Woman Expecting Three Babies Gives Birth To Quadruplets

A Mississippi woman gave birth to naturally conceived quadruplets last week, an extremely rare occurrence even with the help of fertility treatments, ABC News reported.

But the 42-year-old mother, Kimberly Fugate, had no idea she was pregnant with four babies.

Only three babies showed up on ultrasounds throughout Fugate's pregnancy. The fourth baby was not discovered until Fugate gave birth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

"They had got the three out and they said, 'More feet,' " Fugate told ABC News. " 'More feet'...that's all I heard and I said, 'Nooo!' "

Fugate and her husband, Craig, are now the parents of four identical quadruplet girls. The girls, born almost 13 weeks premature, are currently in neonatal intensive care. The babies will remain in the hospital for several weeks.

The quadruplets were born one day before Fugate's birthday. Fugate told ABC News she hopes to take her girls home by May, the month they were supposed to be born in.

"I haven't been able to hold them yet," Fugate told ABC News. "It will be very exciting to get to take them home and love them."

Fugate and her husband already have a 10-year-old daughter named Katelyn. The new additions are named Kenleigh Rosa, Kristen Sue, Kayleigh Pearl and Kelsey Roxanne, ABC News reported.

"The odds of spontaneous quadruplets is one in every 729,000 live births," Dr. James Bofill, a professor of maternal fetal medicine, told ABC News. "The chances of having identical quadruplets [are] almost incalculable."

The parents set up a Facebook page to notify the family about the girls' progress.

"Just left from seeing the babies. The nurse said their lung x-rays was a little better today," the parents wrote on Sunday. "Very Thankful for the improvements!!"

It is not uncommon for women pregnant with multiple babies to give birth earlier than expected, ABC News reported. A Texas woman gave birth to two sets of identical twins in 2007, the chances of which are one in 70 million, ABC News reported.