Sarasota Memorial Hospital Quad Squad Delivers Natural Quadruplets
Summary
The Corcoran quadruplets - three boys and a girl - were safely delivered by cesarean section at Born at 31 weeks with 40 perfect finger and toes, Harrison, Preston, Jackson and Lila are all thriving in Sarasota Memorial’s Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the most advanced intensive care nursery in the region for premature, high risk and critically ill newborns.Most quadruplets are born early, typically by 30 weeks gestation, due to the physical demands supporting four babies places on the body.We don’t know what’s it like just to have one, so our normal is four babies.” To see a video chronicling the delivery, visit Sarasota, FL, April 20, 2017 --( PR.com )-- This Mother’s Day promises to be a special one for Kyle and Amanda (Francoletti) Corcoran – the Englewood couple is counting down the days when they can bring home their four newborn babies.The Corcoran quadruplets - three boys and a girl - were safely delivered by cesarean section at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on March 28.Ranging from two to just over three pounds, the babies were born just moments apart, between 7:59 and 8:01 am that morning.Born at 31 weeks with 40 perfect finger and toes, Harrison, Preston, Jackson and Lila are all thriving in Sarasota Memorial’s Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), the most advanced intensive care nursery in the region for premature, high risk and critically ill newborns.Most quadruplets are born early, typically by 30 weeks gestation, due to the physical demands supporting four babies places on the body.They likely will be discharged on different days in the coming weeks as they near their original due date, May 29, and achieve individual and developmental milestones.Although multiple births are more common in this era of fertility treatments, higher order multiple births (triplets and quadruplets) are still very rare, and the hospital planned their delivery very carefully, with weekly conferences and practice scenarios that helped prepare the 30-plus member delivery team for the big day.Sarasota Memorial has delivered at least five sets of quadruplets in the past 20 years.