A 34-year-old Australian woman, Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, has given birth to four identical baby girls after a pregnancy described as exceptionally rare.

The babies, named Emily, Harriet, Catherine, and Alexa, were conceived naturally from a single fertilised egg that split into four—a process occurring in just one in 15-million cases globally.Dr.

Alexa Bendall, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, confirmed the natural conception was 'incredible' and noted it had never occurred in Australia.Na’amoana, who already has four children, faced significant health risks during her pregnancy due to the quadruplets sharing one placenta.She required close medical monitoring from 10 weeks gestation, including hospital admission at 25 weeks.The caesarean delivery on July 14 resulted in four healthy babies born at 28 weeks and four days.While complications like preterm birth and blood loss were concerns, the mother recovered well, and the infants are thriving in neonatal care.

The case highlights the extreme rarity of natural quadruplet pregnancies, which experts say occur in one in 700,000 cases globally, with most involving assisted reproductive technologies.