After 'battling with infertility', mother of quintuplets gives thanks to God

"If there's anyone else struggling with infertility or anything in life, they shouldn't give up. If I had given up, I wouldn't have these kids that I have. NOW."

On February 16, Haylee and Shawn Ladner became the happy parents of quintuplets. After years of "struggling with infertility", Haylee says she is "so grateful to be their mother and that God let me be their mother".

"If there's anyone else struggling with infertility or anything in life, they shouldn't give up. If I had given up, I wouldn't have these kids that I have. NOW."

The Ladner family grew from two to seven Feb. 16 when Haylee and Shawn welcomed the birth of quintuplets at Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants at UMMC. All five babies are thriving in neonatal intensive care at @childrensofms. Don't miss this story: https://t.co/MEVM0w3Ns6 pic.twitter.com/uJ49DILvee

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Adalyn Elizabeth, Everleigh Rose, Malley Kate, Magnolia Mae and Jake Easton were born by cesarean after 28 weeks and one day of pregnancy. They were admitted to neonatal intensive care at the Children's of Mississippi. The babies weighed between 765 grams and 1 kilo.

"She's the strongest mother I've ever met," says the doctor Rachael Morris, who provided prenatal care and delivered the babies, "from our first meeting, it was clear how committed and determined Haylee and Shawn were."

“Haylee showed such strength and determination throughout her hospital stay, despite the enormous challenges of achieving a quintuplet pregnancy. After five long weeks in the hospital, Haylee began to show signs of preterm labor. Several multidisciplinary meetings had been held before her admission and during her hospitalization to plan and organize every detail of her delivery. We were ready! The collaborative efforts of many disciplines were instrumental in the safe and high-risk delivery of five preterm infants."

"It was the greatest blessing I could have had in my entire life," says Haylee in comments echoed by Fox News.

And as the return of the babies to the house begins to be considered, the dad is delighted. "I'm just thrilled that [the babies] can come home with us and [that we] will be woken up every hour by them with a bottle… diaper breakouts and all that good stuff."

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