Both moms were nurses; both sought fertility treatment; and both gave birth to seven babies with September birthdays.
Once Matthews gave birth, Meryl was even more uncomfortable — both ready to hold her babies in her arms and desperate to keep them inside just a few weeks longer. Quoting her husband, Meryl said giving birth to quints at 32 weeks instead of 28 weeks was like the difference between a “fender-bender and a front-end collision.” She’d take the fender-bender.
Her water broke at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, when she was 32 weeks and five days pregnant. All seven babies were born via Caesarean section between 11:01 and 11:04 a.m. There was a team of 24 people in the operating room and another 50 in recovery.
When she went into labor and knew she wouldn’t make it to 34 weeks, Meryl said the first thing she felt was anger. In the Olympic challenge she dreamed up, 33 weeks was only worth a sliver metal, and she wanted to reach the 34-week mark she’d imagined as gold.
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