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"They're a miracle because they weren't supposed to be here at all," Adriana Luna said of her four daughters
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- While Adriana Luna was using birth control, she and Anthony Lerma conceived four identical baby girls
- Luna, a nursing student and mom to a 2-year-old, called the quadruplets a “miracle” because multiples don’t run in her family
- A GoFundMe has raised over $3,000 to help the family with the financial challenges of raising four newborns
A Texas couple is speaking out after becoming parents to a rare set of quadruplets on Valentine’s Day. The couple conceived the babies while the mom was on birth control.
Adriana Luna and her fiancé Anthony Lerma welcomed four identical daughters — Amora, Analia, Arya and A’zura — according to ABC affiliate KIII.
Luna said she had an intrauterine device, or IUD, at the time she and her partner conceived the quadruplets, KIII and NBC affiliate KRIS-TV reported. While it's extremely rare for a person to become pregnant while using an IUD, it is possible. Becoming pregnant with an IUD in place "carries increased risks," according to Yale Medicine.
The mom said Lerma, who is a twin himself, “thought I was joking” when she broke the news of her pregnancy to him.
“Multiples does not run in my family, so this was something new,” Luna said. “And at the same time, I was excited, but also worried.”
Luna, who shares a 2-year-old son with Lerma, did not expect to have another baby, according to KIII.
Additionally, Luna had just started a nursing program at Del Mar College when she learned about the pregnancy.
“I was actually one and done with my toddler,” she explained, “but they just came and they're a miracle because they weren't supposed to be here at all.”
Luna gave birth to the quadruplets at Corpus Christi Medical Center when the babies were at 29 weeks gestation, KIII and KRIS-TV reported.
All four were then taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and two have since been released.
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“We’re so grateful for the doctors, nurses and everyone at Corpus Christi Medical Center,” Luna said, KRIS-TV reported.
A GoFundMe has also been launched “to help ease even a small part” of the financial burden that comes with adding four children to the family at once.
More than $3,000 has been donated to the online fundraiser of as of Friday, April 10.