Jeana (DP)
Former Member
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- After delivering triplets three years ago, Angela Magdaleno thought she was done having babies. She was wrong four times over.
Magdaleno gave birth to quadruplets on July 6 by Caesarean section. She now has nine children.
The latest additions -- two girls and two boys -- were doing well Wednesday, while their mother, resting at home, said: "I'm happy because they're healthy and so am I."
Still, Magdaleno, 40, worried she might be overwhelmed with the work and sometimes struggles with mixed emotions about the future.
"I don't know if I'm sad or happy," she said. "I'm happy but, I don't know. I don't know how to explain it."
Three years ago, Magdaleno gave birth to the triplets after undergoing in vitro fertilization. She said her husband wanted many children. After their birth, she thought she was done having babies.
Then she got pregnant with the quadruplets. Magdaleno said she was shocked at the news.
"She wanted to run," said her husband, Afredo Anzaldo, 45, who lays carpet for a living.
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When the quadruplets come home, Magdaleno will have help from two older daughters.
All 11 family members will be living in a one-bedroom apartment in east Los Angeles. She said the living room is large, but she isn't sure what the family will do when the babies get bigger.
When the older girls are at school and her husband is at work, a friend has offered to help with the newborns and the triplets. "It's a lot of work," their mother said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/13/quad.babies.ap/index.html
Magdaleno gave birth to quadruplets on July 6 by Caesarean section. She now has nine children.
The latest additions -- two girls and two boys -- were doing well Wednesday, while their mother, resting at home, said: "I'm happy because they're healthy and so am I."
Still, Magdaleno, 40, worried she might be overwhelmed with the work and sometimes struggles with mixed emotions about the future.
"I don't know if I'm sad or happy," she said. "I'm happy but, I don't know. I don't know how to explain it."
Three years ago, Magdaleno gave birth to the triplets after undergoing in vitro fertilization. She said her husband wanted many children. After their birth, she thought she was done having babies.
Then she got pregnant with the quadruplets. Magdaleno said she was shocked at the news.
"She wanted to run," said her husband, Afredo Anzaldo, 45, who lays carpet for a living.
* * *
When the quadruplets come home, Magdaleno will have help from two older daughters.
All 11 family members will be living in a one-bedroom apartment in east Los Angeles. She said the living room is large, but she isn't sure what the family will do when the babies get bigger.
When the older girls are at school and her husband is at work, a friend has offered to help with the newborns and the triplets. "It's a lot of work," their mother said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/13/quad.babies.ap/index.html
