‘One in 15 million’: Brisbane woman gives birth to identical quadruplets

Jenitar Na’amoana’s already had four children when she learned of surprise pregnancy ‘unheard of’ in Australia

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A 34-year-old woman from Brisbane has defied the odds and delivered four naturally conceived, identical quadruplets in what is believed to be an Australian first.

Jenitar Na’amoana, who already had four children, was not planning having another but the quadruplets emerged from a “one in 15 million” pregnancy, splitting into four from a single fertilised egg.