Woman who is a quadruplet gives birth to five babies in 1-in-60million case
Births of that high order are extremely rare in the US, with just 120 births of quadruplets a year.
Knowing how rare this was, Troia was shocked to discover that she herself was carrying an even higher-order birth of quintuplets - five babies.
The 36-year-old from El Paso, Texas, told DailyMail.com 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.
She revealed: 'It was odd. I didn't experience any cravings and there was no swelling or sickness.
'If I hadn't known I was pregnant, I would have never suspected it. My belly didn't even grow huge. I looked more like I was carrying one baby than five.'
Troia delivered her quintuplets - Kyla Rose, Joseph Anthony, Jaxon Thomas, Viviana Lily, and Isabella Gianna - via C-section on June 3 at 28 weeks gestation.
Quintuplets are almost always delivered by C-section and typically earlier than a full-term pregnancy at 39 and 40 weeks, due to the high risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery.
Some of the complications involving multiple fetuses include miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight, cerebral palsy and death.
It also puts women at high risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and high levels of protein in the urine that indicate kidney damage.
Thankfully, Troia's C-section went smoothly.
Two of her babies - Isabella and Viviana - are identical twins who shared a placenta but were in separate amniotic sacs, a condition known as monochorionic-diamniotic or Mo-Di twins.
After their premature delivery, Troia's babies were monitored in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Las Palmas Medical Center.
Two of her babies - Joseph and Viviana - remain there and are set to be discharged shortly, while the other three were given the all-clear to go home at around nine weeks old.
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.
Troia said the hardest part of having five children at the same time is finding enough time to tend to them all.
The single mom told DailyMail.com: 'There is never enough of me. Feedings are every three hours, but with five, by the time I finish feeding, burping, changing, and cleaning bottles, it's time to start again.'
While her former partner is no longer in touch, Troia has plenty of friends and family members rallying around her to help.
Having five newborns at once is also expensive.
A can of baby formula would usually feed a baby for a week but Troia says she has been going through one a day. The average cost for a tin of baby formula is $20.
Meanwhile, she is currently going through around 35 diapers a day, which she expects to increase to more than 50 when her other two babies are allowed home.
'As they grow, that number keeps climbing, and my grocery bills climb right along with it,' the new mom revealed.
While being a mom-of-five is exhausting and costly, Troia says she finds it deeply rewarding at the same time.
'When I see their faces, I know this is exactly where I'm meant to be,' she added.
She has been told by her OB-GYN she is one of the first documented cases of someone from such a high-order multiple family giving birth to her own set of high-order multiple babies.
However, these types of occurrences are not tracked, but if your mother has had multiple births, you are more likely to experience yourself.
This is because the tendency for hyperovulation (releasing multiple eggs in a cycle), which is the main cause of multiple babies, can be inherited.
Growing up as one of four, Troia said she was used to sharing everything and never being alone and she maintains a great relationship with her siblings today.
She has three brothers, Joseph Troia, Matthew Troia and Thomas Troia.
When she was born, her birth as a quadruplet captured the attention of local newspapers and now Troia's own quintuplet pregnancy has made headlines.
She believes her multiple pregnancy is a sign from her mother, who passed away 10 years ago.
She told this website: 'It feels like my mom - my first love, who I lost far too soon - gave them to me.
'Her legacy is alive in them. My quintuplets are my miracle, my history, and my heart.'
While having a C-section, Troia opted to have her fallopian tubes removed - a procedure known as a salpingectomy - to prevent future pregnancies and reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
It involves removing both fallopian tubes, usually through the same incision made for the C-section.
While Troia expected the recovery to be 'brutal' she was amazed to find that her body healed well.
For other women expecting multiple births, Troia said her advice is to 'let people help because having more than one baby at the same time really does take a village'.
She added: 'My cousin is traveling from Florida to stay with me, my brother Joseph has stepped in, and my best friend has been incredible.
'They each love these babies as their own, and that love is what makes this "village" so special.
'We thought support would look one way, but slowly we're learning it will be pieced together differently. And that's okay.
'It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. Families don't always look like the picture-perfect version society imagines. Mine doesn't. But it's mine, it's ours, and it's beautiful.'
Troia's quintuplets were the first to be born at Las Palmas Medical Center.
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