A nurse handles quadruplets in Stella Maris hospital in Medan, Indonesia's North Sumatra province January 24, 2012. A male and three other female babies are born to Indonesian couple Sonta Ria Nababan, 39, and Jon Pieter Manik, 38, on Monday. The babies are conceived under the insemination program after a four year wait by the couple, local media reported. REUTERS/Roni Bintang (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A nurse handles quadruplets in Stella Maris hospital in Medan, Indonesia's North Sumatra province January 24, 2012. A male and three other female babies are born to Indonesian couple Sonta Ria Nababan, 39, and Jon Pieter Manik, 38, on Monday. The babies are conceived under the insemination program after a four year wait by the couple, local media reported. REUTERS/Roni Bintang (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

A nurse handles quadruplets in Stella Maris hospital in Medan, Indonesia's North Sumatra province January 24, 2012. A male and three other female babies are born to Indonesian couple Sonta Ria Nababan, 39, and Jon Pieter Manik, 38, on Monday. The babies are conceived under the insemination program after a four year wait by the couple, local media reported. REUTERS/Roni Bintang (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A nurse handles quadruplets in Stella Maris hospital in Medan, Indonesia's North Sumatra province January 24, 2012. A male and three other female babies are born to Indonesian couple Sonta Ria Nababan, 39, and Jon Pieter Manik, 38, on Monday. The babies are conceived under the insemination program after a four year wait by the couple, local media reported. REUTERS/Roni Bintang (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Arnold Francisco and his wife Creselba Obella view their newborn quadruplets resting in incubators of the Justice Jose Abad Santos Mother and Child hospital in Manila July 28, 2011. Francisco, who works as a labourer, currently have nine children including the quadruplets who were delivered on Thursday by Caesarean section. According to a poll released in July conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), the proportion of the population who rated themselves as "poor", fell slightly from 51 percent (10.4 million families) in March to 49 percent, or approximately 9.8 million families. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY HEALTH)

Newborn quadruplets delivered by caesarean section lie in a cart at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province July 28, 2010. The quadruplets, consisting of three girls and a boy, weigh between 2.05 kg and 2.24 kg, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

Newborn quadruplets delivered by caesarean section are seen at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province July 28, 2010. The quadruplets, consisting of three girls and a boy, weigh between 2.05 kg and 2.24 kg, local media reported. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)

An Israeli doctor and nurse tend to one of Khawla Hamdan's newborn babies at a hospital in the coastal city of Ashkelon August 6, 2008. Hamdan, a 32 year-old Palestinian from Gaza, gave birth to quadruplets by caesarean section at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. Picture taken August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

An Israeli doctor and nurse (R) check one of Khawla Hamdan's newborn babies at a hospital in the coastal city of Ashkelon August 6, 2008. Hamdan, a 32 year-old Palestinian from Gaza, gave birth to quadruplets by caesarean section at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. Picture taken August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

An Israeli doctor holds one of Khawla Hamdan's newborn babies during the caesarean section at a hospital in the coastal city of Ashkelon August 6, 2008. Hamdan, a 32 year-old Palestinian from Gaza, gave birth to quadruplets at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. Picture taken August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

An Israeli doctor holds one of Khawla Hamdan's newborn babies at a hospital in the coastal city of Ashkelon August 6, 2008. Hamdan, a 32 year-old Palestinian from Gaza, gave birth to quadruplets by caesarean section at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. Picture taken August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

Khawla Hamdan undergoes a caesarean section at a hospital in the coastal city of Ashkelon August 6, 2008. Hamdan, a 32 year-old Palestinian from Gaza, gave birth to quadruplets at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. Picture taken August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

Khawla Hamdan undergoes a caesarean section at a hospital in the coastal city of Ashkelon August 6, 2008. Hamdan, a 32 year-old Palestinian from Gaza, gave birth to quadruplets at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. Picture taken August 6, 2008. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

Xu Qinying (R) and her mother-in-law (L) make their way to a subway exit as Xu's one-year-old quadruplets sit in a tricycle in Beijing October 4, 2005. Xu collects money on the streets of Beijing to feed her children. She needs about 1,500 yuan ($185) a month to buy milk powder for them.

One-year-old Chinese quadruplets, one girl (L) and three boys, sit in a tricycle as their mother collects money in Beijing October 4, 2005. The mother, Xu Qinying, needs about 1,500 yuan ($185) a month to buy milk powder for her children.

Zhang Sanbao, the second youngest child among quadruplets, cries for milk in his grandmother's arms in Beijing October 4, 2005. Zhang's mother, Xu Qinying, collects money on the streets of Beijing to feed her one-year-old quadruplets. She needs about 1,500 yuan ($185) a month to buy milk powder for her children. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Xu Qinying receives a donation of 10 yuan ($1.20) at a subway exit in Beijing October 4, 2005. Xu collects money on the streets of Beijing to feed her one-year-old quadruplets. She needs about 1,500 yuan ($185) a month to buy milk powder for her children. REUTERS/Jason Lee

One-year-old Chinese quadruplets, one girl (L) and three boys, sit in a tricycle as their mother collects money in Beijing October 4, 2005. The mother, Xu Qinying, needs about 1,500 yuan ($185) a month to buy milk powder for her children. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Zhang Siniu, the youngest child among quadruplets, cries for milk in the arms of her mother, Xu Qinying, in Beijing October 4, 2005. Xu collects money on the streets of Beijing to feed her one-year-old quadruplets. She needs about 1,500 yuan ($185) a month to buy milk powder for her children. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Xu Qinying (R) and her mother-in-law (L) make their way to a subway exit as Xu's one-year-old quadruplets sit in a tricycle in Beijing October 4, 2005. Xu collects money on the streets of Beijing to feed her children. She needs about 1,500 yuan ($185) a month to buy milk powder for them. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Parents Andreas (R) and Josephine Kuebler (L) and their children Katharina and Beatrice from Potsdam look at their son Alexander who asleep in the incubator at Berlin's Charite-Hospital, February 4, 2005. Alexander is one of quadruplets born for the first time since fifteen years in the state of Brandenburg. REUTERS/Pool/Soeren Stache PK/

Parents Andreas (R) and Josephine Kuebler (L) and their children Katharina and Beatrice from Potsdam look at their son Alexander who asleep in the incubator at Berlin's Charite-Hospital, February 4, 2005. Alexander is one of quadruplets born for the first time since fifteen years in the state of Brandenburg. REUTERS/Pool/Soeren Stache PK/

Palestinian Fatena Hanani looks at her quadruplets before leaving
Rafeedia hospital in the West Bank city of Nablus, October 6, 2002.
Nablus has been under almost a continuous curfew since mid-June when
Israel reoccupied most West Bank cities. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

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A Pakistani doctor examines the newly-born quadruplet babies, two boys and two girls, at a hospital in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, December 8, 2000. Shamsa Zafar gave birth to four babies after undergoing an emergency caesarian operation on Wednesday December 6, 2000. The weight of the babies are between 900 grams to 1435 grams. Doctors said it was her first delivery and such cases happens to one out of 76,000 pregnant woman.

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FILE PHOTO 20MAY95 - Japanese twins Kin Narita (Bottom L) and Gin Kanie, accompanied by 1,027 pairs of twins, triplets and quadruplets, pose for photographers as they participate in a big twins gathering in Taichung May 20,1995. Kin Narita died January 23 of heart failure at the age of 107 at her home in Nagoya. Kin means gold and Gin means silver, in Japanese.

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Noel Lamsen, 30, a shoemaker, views his quadruplet baby girls in incubators at the nursery of a Manila hospital March 18. The babies were born by normal delivery, but two months premature, at dawn on Thursday with three-minute intervals. Noel and wife Nelsie now enjoy the company of seven children.

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Filipino doctors carry two of the quadruplet girls from an incubator for a check-up at a Manila hospital March 18. The babies were born two months premature but by normal delivery at dawn on Thursday. Their shoemaker father Noel and mother Nelsie Lamsen now take care of seven children, including the quadruplets.

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A nurse in the Neonatal Care Unit at Long Island Jewish Medical Center cares for one day old Nicole Borges on March 22, one of the identical quadruplets born to Iris and Martin Borges on March 21. The girls, Nicole, Raquel, Bianca, and Victoria, were born seven weeks prematurely and weighed between 2 lbs. 1 oz. and 3 lbs. 3 oz.

QUADRUPLETS

Martin Borges wheels his wife Ines, who gave birth to an extremely rare identical quadruplets at Long Island Jewish Medical Center on March 21, as they arrive for a press conference at the hospital on March 22 with Mr. Borges' mother Laura Rodriguez (L). Dr. Gary Steinman, who delivered the four girls seven weeks prematurely, searched the medical literature from around the world and found no documented cases of identical quadruplets.

QUADRUPLETS

Martin Borges poses with his wife Ines, who gave birth to an extremely rare identical quadruplets at Long Island Jewish Medical Center on March 21, at a press conference at the hospital on March 22 with Mr. Borges' mother Laura Rodriguez (L), and Mrs. Borges' mother Elisa Tanchez (C). Dr. Gary Steinman (3rd from R), who delivered the four girls seven weeks prematurely, stands with Dr. Adiel Fleisher (2nd R) and Dr. Philip Lipsitz (R), Chief of Neonatal Care at the medical center.

QUADRUPLETS

Iris and Martin Borges (R) from Astoria in the Queens section of New York City, peers in on Raquel March 22, one of the extremely rare four identical quadruplets that the couple gave birth to at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park New York, March 21. Dr Gary Steinman who delivered the four girls named Raquel, Nicole, Bianca, and Victoria, who were born seven weeks prematurely, searched the medical literature from around the world and found no documented cases of identical quadruplets. The children's grandmothers Elisa Tanchez (2nd from L) and Laura Rodriguez (C) look on.

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The 102-year-old Japanese twins Kin Narita (Bottom L) and Gin Kanie, accompanied by 1,027 pairs of twins, triplets and quadruplets, pose for photographers as they participate in a big twins gathering in Taichung May 20. The aged twin sisters arrived yesterday for their first-ever overseas trip, and claimed an entry in the Guinness Book of Records