When Danielle Busby wanted to fall pregnant again, she knew it wouldn’t be easy. She started on Femara again and had another IUI procedure, which was successful. The mom got more than she prayed for. Not only was she pregnant again, but she was pregnant with a whopping five children. “Adam is about to pass out and I am laughing!” Danielle wrote about the ultrasound in her blog post “Infertility Journey.”
On April 8, 2015, Danielle made history as the first person to give birth to a set of all-girl quintuplets in the U.S. Olivia, Ava, Hazel, Parker, and Riley were delivered by a C-section at just 28 weeks old, requiring them to remain in a NICU for two months until they were strong enough to go home. The babies were also born with heart murmurs, which can be treated with medication.
According to Danielle, the excitement of finally bringing her babies home outweighed the fear of having to raise five newborns at once. “My little heart is so full of joy and excitement that I think the ‘reality’ of having five babies home hasn’t really ‘scared’ me,” the mom of six wrote in a blog post titled “Sinking In…” She added, “There is nothing more that we want than to have our big ‘ol family.. all EIGHT of us.. together under one roof …. one small roof that is, lol.” Luckily, a number of the couple’s family and friends had volunteered to help out.
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