For the first time in 10 years, quadruplets have been born at Nebraska Medical Center. The three boys and one girl were delivered by cesarean section on February 23 to Shalee and Andy McCarter of Overton, Nebraska.
The babies mark the first set of quadruplets born in Nebraska for 2018. After spending nearly a month in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, all four babies are now at home with their parents and 10-year-old sister, Elle.
“Everything was flawless,” says Ann Anderson-Berry, MD, medical director of the NICU at Nebraska Medicine. “We worked together as a team and the four babies had wonderful outcomes. They’re growing and thriving – you couldn’t ask for a cuter set of three brothers and their sister. This family was a pleasure to take care of.”
At six-weeks gestation, Shalee and Andy, who used fertility treatments, learned they were pregnant. At first, doctors in Kearney thought it was triplets. It wasn’t until Shalee’s 18-week checkup that the ultrasound revealed she was actually carrying quadruplets.
“All of a sudden, there was Blakelee!” says Shalee. “It was a big shock to learn that there were four of them." Because she had been at Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center for nearly two months, Shalee had formed a special bond with the staff.
“We wouldn’t have gotten this far without them,” says Shalee. “They’re an amazing, caring team of people and we got to know them all so well. There wasn’t a day or hour that went by that some nurse or doctor didn’t stop in my room to see if we needed anything.”
The quadruplets names are Blakelee, Emmett, Jack and Beau