JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Mississippi couple welcomed five additions to their family.
Ashley and Tyler Myers, of Laurel, recently welcomed quintuplets, two boys and three girls, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). The babies were born July 5 at Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants after care through the hospital’s Center for Maternal Fetal Care.
The Myers were joined by their doctors and care team on Wednesday, July 10 to reveal the news.
“I went to like just an outside, stand still, confirmation place, got a confirmation ultrasound. There’s just two little dots. So, I was like, okay, there’s just two okay, we, we can do this. Couldn’t wait any longer. Something just kept telling me, like, go get another ultrasound. I did, there was four. There was four well, my last ultrasound, like at my actual OB’s office, I was eight weeks. They found a whole other baby. There was five,” said Ashley Myers.
Franklin Walker was born first at 1:23 p.m., weighing 1 pound, 14.7 ounces, and 13.6 inches long. Then came Carter James at 1:26 p.m., weighing 2 pounds, 0.8 ounces, and 14.6 inches long. Saylor Kate was the first of the girls, born at 1:28 p.m., weighing 1 pound, 11.9 ounces, and 13.8 inches long. Allie Ray was born at 1:30 p.m., weighing 1 pound, 12.6 ounces, and 12.99 inches long. Nova Mae was born fifth at 1:31 p.m. at 1 pound, 13.6 ounces and 13.8 inches long.
All were born by caesarian section and are faring well for their gestational age of 27 weeks, said Dr. Mobolaji Famuyide, chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine. They have all been admitted to neonatal intensive care at Children’s of Mississippi.
The couple looks forward to introducing the babies to big sisters Paisleigh, 3, and Westlynn, 2.
Married seven years, Ashley, a phlebotomist, and Tyler, a mechanic, had recently moved into a new home when they were surprised by the pregnancy.
Dr. Rachael Morris, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, said the odds of spontaneous quintuplets are about one in 60 million. However, UMMC welcomed quintuplets in 2023 as well.