Quadruplets were delivered July 2 at SSM St. Mary’s Health Center in Richmond Heights.
The two boys and two girls, ranging in size from 2 pounds, 6 ounces to 3 pounds, 12 ounces, are breathing on their own and doing well in St. Mary’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), according to a press release.
“This is truly a special blessing,” said parents Aroloye and Salome Numbere of St. Louis. “We couldn’t be more pleased.”
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The quadruplets are their first children.
Preparations for the birth began more than nine weeks ago with four labor and delivery/neonatal care teams on-call 24 hours a day, according to Dr. Mohamad Al-Hosni, medical director for SSM St. Mary’s NICU.
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“We rehearsed every possible scenario and timeframe to avoid any surprises and ensure the healthiest outcomes for these babies,” said Dr. Al-Hosni said in a release.
Each of the babies had its own neonatal care team which included two physicians and a nurse.
“Everything went as planned,” Al-Hosni reported.
Dr. Al-Hosni estimated it would likely be about six weeks before the quadruplets would be going home.
This is the fourth set of quadruplets delivered at St. Mary’s since 2006.
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