Mother-of-Five Shares the Touching Details of Her Quadruplet Pregnancy Along With Jaw-Dropping Before-And-After Photo

Parents-of-five Syman and Lindsay Hay make caring for multiples look like a walk in the park.

The two share son Carson, 4 years old, along with their quadruplets — Caiden Michael, Madison Grace, Lucas William, and Grayson James — who are each 7 months old.

But getting to this part of the story was no undertaking. Before having her quadruplets, Lindsay was put on an injectable hormone called Follitstim after being informed she had poor egg quality.

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Hey, we’re the Hay fam… & we have a lot of kids. ???? A bunch of new friends here so we just wanted to say welcome and share a little bit about us in case you’re new. In a nutshell, we met once and then had our first official date in a foreign country, traveled around Europe together that summer, and were then engaged, switched continents (Syman is Australian and moved to America), got married, and had our first child all within a year — when you know you know, right? After battling secondary infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, we got the shock of our lives and conceived #quadruplets using follistim + timed intercourse (a fancy way of saying made at home with some help ????) and now we’re living our own version of happily ever after here in New Jersey, hot mess Hay style. Bonus fact: @syman_1 doesn’t have a second daughter as this picture might suggest — just a wife who is an entire foot shorter than him. ???? We try to keep it as real as possible around here, give hope and inspire, and we’re excited to share our journey with you on the gram and on YouTube (link in bio!) Since travel is such a huge part of our relationship, we think it would be cool for you to drop a comment below and let us know where you’re from and when you started following along! Thanks for joining the crazy. ????????????????????

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“The theory behind the drugs was that if I produced more than one egg each cycle, I’d ‘catch’ a good one faster. We were to try this, plus timed intercourse six times, before moving on to IVF. I conceived the quads on Cycle 3 of this treatment,” she said.

And when she and her husband first found they were having quadruplets, they were in shock.

“I was in a lot of denial because I was told I had poor egg quality, and I just couldn’t believe it. My husband was silent and white as a ghost,” she continued, saying: “I honestly didn’t think the pregnancy would progress, and prepared myself for miscarriage. There was just a lot of uncertainty, fear, and surprise.”

After several miscarriages, Lindsay conceived the quadruplets. She explained how she had a “miscarriage mindset,” explaining how even after conceiving again was not fully convinced she was going to be able to meet her babies.

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Selfies with my sidekick. ????

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“You carry the pain of miscarriage with you wherever you go, and even after being on the other side with my rainbow babies here, it still hurts. I don’t think I’ll ever fully heal. It’s definitely made me stronger, though, and given me new perspective and appreciation for just how big of a miracle these babies and all babies really are.”

Lindsay began to share photos of her arduous pregnancy journey with the quads on Instagram.

“I’m grateful that I’m a person who genuinely loves pregnancy. Otherwise, it would have been a lot harder to cope with. During the first trimester, I was so sick I couldn’t function. With four babies and four placentas, my hormones, fatigue, and nausea were quadrupled. I was extremely anxious and would wait until midnight every night to celebrate making it through another day,” she said.

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Pretty surreal to think this picture was taken exactly one week ago. My bestie is a talented photographer and came to visit after work. Despite a ridiculous thunderstorm so thought it would be a good idea to snap a few pictures of my crazy quad bump. I’m beyond grateful that she did because I had no idea it would be my last night with them inside. I will cherish these forever especially since it’s the last I have with Carson technically as our only child too. My big man has dealt with A LOT and has been so brave. He really struggled with me being in the hospital and not being allowed to visit the babies in the NICU is such a big concept for him. When we went to see them this morning he was begging us not to go and needed to regain trust that we’d be coming back. My heart broke when he said, “You’re home now mommy? We can be together now?” ???? This is a huge adjustment for everyone and I’m struggling with mom guilt and being torn in two different directions. Giving myself as much grace and healing time as possible but it’s so hard. Reminding myself I’m lucky to have a healthy son at home and babies who are thriving with the best care team possible but wishing we were all together — NICU won’t make any false promises as to when that might be but I’m hopeful it won’t be long. ???? . . . #bigbrother #preemies #nicu #niculife #momguilt #pregnancy #postpartum #quadruplets #motherhood #momofmany #momof5 #momofmultiples #higherordermultiples

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At around 20 weeks, Lindsay said her cervix began thinning.

“I was terrified and convinced I was going to lose them. But I didn’t. I kept pressing on and eventually made it to 30 weeks and four days!” Lindsay said.

“The day my doctor said it was time was probably the first time I truly believed they’d be mine. There’s really no comparing it to my singleton pregnancy. With Carson, I was blissfully unaware of all that could go wrong and enjoyed every moment.”

Both Lindsay and Syman’s quads were in the NICU for about seven weeks and were able to go home happy and healthy. In addition, she also breastfed each and every one.

She then decided to share a before-and-after quads on Instagram where it has generated over 75,000 likes.

When You’re Pregnant with Quadruplets: A Before and After Photo Set

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IN & OUT DAY! I carried these sweet babies for 30 weeks and 4 days on the inside and here they are at 30 weeks and 4 days on the outside! Full hands, full heart is an understatement! They have surpassed every hope and dream I had envisioned during my pregnancy and even though time is passing quickly I know the best is yet to be. Behind these babies are new marks, rolls, and skin you can’t see but they also came with new strengths I didn’t have before either. We have been so BLESSED and I won’t ever let myself take this life for granted. ???? #strongasamother

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Needless to say, her life is “constantly in motion.”

“I rarely get a minute to myself. I’m constantly in motion and have learned how to move quickly and multitask. I sleep less. I worry more. But I will say this: The expression ‘full hands, fuller hearts’ has never resonated with me more. I am so overjoyed with happiness and fulfillment, and every day I wake up wondering how I got so lucky. I have everything I prayed for and more. We are so blessed.”

What an amazing story! We’re so happy for this family!