{"id":294542,"date":"2023-07-11T18:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=294542"},"modified":"2023-07-10T22:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T03:05:58","slug":"los-angeles-hospital-nicu-quadruplets-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/los-angeles-hospital-nicu-quadruplets-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles hospital NICU has ‘baby boom’ with quadruplets and 10 sets of twins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles is experiencing what they’re calling a “baby boom,” with a high rate of multiples being cared for at their neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).<\/p>\n

Bevin Merideth, the NICU’s associate director of nursing, told Good Morning America<\/a> that NICU staff was caring for quadruplets as well as eight sets of twins. Prior to the quadruplets’ arrival, the hospital was caring for 10 sets of twins, though two of those families were recently discharged.<\/p>\n

“We’re used to having multiples in the NICU. It’s not uncommon for multiples to not be able to carry to term,” Merideth told GMA. “It’s not something that’s uncommon in the NICU, but it was like four twins, five twins, six twins, and once we got to 10, we realized this is a record.”<\/p>\n

“It’s almost half our unit,” she noted.<\/p>\n