A Pennsylvania couple are now parents to a total of nine children after welcoming quadruplets — about a year after adopting four siblings.
Maxine and Jake Young were already parents to a biological son named Henry when, in December of 2019, they adopted four siblings that they had been fostering for years.
After the adoption, the couple decided to try for one more child — but were in for a major surprise when Maxine got pregnant with quadruplets, transforming them into a family of 11 in just three years.
Growing family! A Pennsylvania couple are now parents to a total of nine children after welcoming quadruplets — about a year after adopting four siblings
Lots of love: Maxine and Jake Young from Pennsylvania had one biological child and adopted four more
Surprise! Shortly after the adoption was finalized, Maxine became pregnant with quadruplets
Starting a family: They married in 2016 and began fostering four siblings about a year later
Permanent: They then had a biological son, and a year later, they finalized the adoption of the four siblings
Major shock: Maxine, who used IVF to get pregnant with her first biological child, was surprised to conceive the quads naturally
‘I didn’t even think that I could get pregnant without doing IVF or IUI, which we had to do with our son’ she said
The babies are here! Maxine gave birth on July 31 at 32 weeks
Siblings: One of their older children meets one of the new babies at the hospital
Couple documents their journey after having quadruplets
Just a year after Henry was born, the couple officially adopted the four siblings they were fostering on December 20, 2019.
‘It was chaos,’ Maxine – who shares her family’s story on their YouTube channel, The Family Young Vlogs – told local news station WFMZ. ‘We went from zero to five within less than a year.’
The couple thought their family of seven was complete, but within weeks of finalizing the adoption, Maxine found out she was pregnant again — this time, without even having to use IVF.
‘I didn’t even think that I could get pregnant without doing IVF or IUI, which we had to do with our son. I remember texting [my husband] and was like, “Oh my God,”‘ Maxine said.
And they soon learned that they weren’t expecting just one more baby but four, since Maxine had unexpectedly become pregnant with quadruplets.
Gaining strength: The babies all spent at least a month in the NICU, and two are still there