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This Morning fans were left cringing at a ‘hard to watch’ interview as the ‘fuming and exhausted parents’ of miracle quadruplets took to the ITV daytime show.
The parents joined hosts Dermot O’Leary and Josie Gibson to open up on their plans for Christmas after finally bringing their four babies home from hospital.
Jodie Keeley, 33, and her partner Lyde Darien, 31, from Northampton, welcomed their three girls – Xyliana, Xyla and Xylia – and boy Xyri, in May.
But as the four babies were born at just 25 weeks, with their smallest daughter, Xyla, weighing just 490g, they had so far been looked after in a hospital NICU ward.
The family have been reunited just in time for Christmas, with the parents, who also share Lyde’s two older daughters, bringing their babies home in November.
Opening up on how their conceived their ‘miracle’ children, mum Jodie explained: ‘When we found out, we were just incredibly shocked – I couldn’t talk.
This Morning fans were left cringing at a ‘hard to watch’ interview as the ‘fuming and exhausted parents’ of miracle quadruplets, Jodie Keeley and Lyde Darien, took to the ITV daytime show
It is thought that Jodie conceived triplets, and then smallest baby, Xyla, was conceived a bit later than her three siblings
‘We initially thought it was triplets, and we swapped roles – when we found out it was triplets, dad was speechless and I was laughing because I didn’t know what to do.
‘When we found out it was four, we just switched – I thought, “How on Earth do you cope with four babies?” It was a massive shock.
‘We found out at seven weeks it was triplets, and then at 12 weeks it was four.’
It is thought that Jodie conceived triplets, and then smallest baby, Xyla, was conceived a bit later than her three siblings.
This is possible through a type of conception called superfetation, which occurs when an egg is fertilised by sperm and implants itself in the womb for a second time just days or weeks after the process happened for the first time.
It is extremely rare, with only a few cases ever reported in medical literature – in the UK, Italy and Canada.
Superfetation can increase the risk of complications for the younger baby, as it is at higher risk of being born prematurely.
Quadruplets that are conceived naturally are also extremely rare, with the odds thought to be at around one in 700,000 pregnancies.
‘Xyla was smaller and that’s what the consultants think, that she was conceived a bit later,’ Jodie explained, leaving hosts Dermot, 52, and Josie, 40, in shock.
Asked how they were coping, dad Lyde added: ‘We’ve just got to get on with it.’
The parents added that they go through on average 30 nappies a day, with sleeping becoming a luxury, as Jodie continued: ‘A bad night is when they’re all up separately and I’m literally up all the time.
The parents joined hosts Dermot O’Leary and Josie Gibson to open up on their plans for Christmas after finally bringing their four babies home from hospital
The family have been reunited just in time for Christmas, with the parents, who also share Lyde’s two older daughters, bringing their babies home in November
‘A really good night is when they all wake up around the same time and go back to sleep – it can completely vary, but we don’t have a great deal of sleep any more.’
The babies, who were cared for at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, are now all discharged from hospital and will be able to stay home for Christmas.
Fans at home were left seriously distracted during the chat, however, as they noted how ‘exhausted’ the parents appeared to be while sharing their story.
One even questioned ‘why are they on?’ as they were busy caring for their four children, who were born at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
‘This couple look shell shocked,’ one penned, as another agreed: ‘Why are they on? Clearly both exhausted. This whole interview seems hard work.’
‘The poor dad looks totally out of it,’ a third added, as another concerned viewer wrote: ‘Is the dad OK?’
‘The babies! But the parents seem a bit.. I don’t know.. they look like they can’t be a***d,’ someone else wrote, as a sixth replied: ‘Got their hands full!’
‘Exhausted, man of few words or already checked out! That interview was hard work, even to watch…’ another viewer wrote.
Fans at home were left seriously distracted during the chat, however, as they noted how ‘exhausted’ the parents appeared to be while sharing their story
It comes after a one-in-a-million baby born as one of four quadruplets gave birth to five babies in 1-in-60million case earlier this year.
Theresa Troia, 36, from El Paso, Texas, told Daily Mail that she didn’t undergo any fertility treatments, which makes births of multiple babies more likely, and she conceived naturally with her former partner.
This made Troia’s pregnancy a one-in-60-million occurrence. In the US, fewer than 10 sets of quintuplets are born each year.
The news came as a surprise to Troia, a nurse consultant, who said she would have never known she was carrying five babies if it weren’t for her pregnancy scans and ultrasounds.
Babies born at 28 weeks will typically spend time in a NICU due to their underdeveloped lungs, which can lead to breathing difficulties.
They also face risks of other complications like necrotizing enterocolitis – a serious gastrointestinal disease causing inflammation and damage to the intestine – and temperature regulation issues, requiring specialized care and monitoring.
Survival rates for infants born at 28 weeks gestation is between 80 to 90 percent and they only have a 10 percent chance of having long-term health problems.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV1 and ITVX.