Carlos
Morales’s quadruplets are all home and healthy. Their mother, Erica
Morales, died shortly after giving birth.
A father of quadruplets, whose wife died just after giving birth, is home with all four babies and is adjusting to new life as a single dad — with a lot of help from his mother-in-law.
Carlos Morales’s wife, Erica, gave birth to four babies
— Carlos Jr., Tracey, Paisley and Erica — via C-section on January 16.
Shortly afterwards, Erica, 36, went into hypovolemic shock, a condition
that involves severe blood loss. She died a few hours after her children
were born.
Two months later, Morales, 29, is back home with all four children, who are thriving, he told People.
“Even when they scream their heads off I want to give them the biggest
kiss,” Carlos said, describing his four kids as “beautiful blessings.”
While Carlos Jr. and Tracy have been home for nearly a month, Erica and
Paisley weren’t released from the hospital until last week.
The
Phoenix, Ariz., dad never planned for life without his beloved wife.
“Erica was supposed to be here. We were supposed to do this together,”
he said. “She was so prepared for this. She even wrote down in her iPad
every single thing she had to make sure she had to do to have a healthy
pregnancy.”
Erica
Morales, shown here with husband Carlos Morales, got pregnant with
quadruplets after struggling with infertility and doing IVF.
But
Morales is quickly learning the ropes of single fatherhood. He took
parenting classes at the hospital where the quads were born, and can
already distinguish the kids simply by hearing their cries, he told
People. “I already know their quirky little habits or the next time
they’re going to cry,” he says. “They’re starting to form their own
personalities.”
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