A Los Angeles couple celebrated the 4th of July by welcoming four new babies into the world.
The Kahan Gutovich family may not have been able to witness the Independence Day fireworks outside, but they did have their own fireworks extravaganza when they welcomed the “quad team” of two boys and two girls Tuesday at the Medical Center. Cedars-Sinai.
“I don’t even know how to think about this yet. We don’t know how to process,” Sara Kahan Gutovich told sister station NBC4.
Most newborns are male, weighing between 2 and 6 pounds.
Sara Kahan Gutovich’s contractions began Monday night, so Dr. Steve Rad, director of the Los Angeles Center for Maternal and Fetal Care at Cedars-Sinai, called the team: 40 labor and delivery staff members and delivery and four different NICU teams to make sure mom and every baby were well cared for.
The babies were born at 34 weeks, each weighing more than 4 pounds.
“July is a big birthday for America and it’s also the quadruplets’ birthday,” Rad said.
“I feel like I’m crazy on the adrenaline, so things have been going really well,” Father Jay Gutovich said with a smile as he sat down next to his equally beaming partner.
The quad squad is in the NICU and all members are fine. Doctors say it could be a couple of weeks before they can go home to their parents.
As for the names, they say they need to get to know each baby a little better to figure out which one suits them best.
The little ones could develop various health problems. Know which ones.
Sara Kahan Gutovich also said that the number 4 has a new meaning in the life of the family.
“Today my sister was buying us things from the grocery store, and the total was 44.44, so I don’t know what we’re supposed to get from number 4, but it’s something,” she said.
This story first appeared on Telemundo 52’s sister station, NBCLA. Click here to read this story in English.
