Are Any of the Waldrop Sextuplets Identical? The Six Siblings Look So Much Alike
By Michelle SteinFeb. 15 2021, Updated 4:33 p.m. ET
TLC is known for highlighting some beautiful unique families. From Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar's brood on 19 Kids & Counting and Counting On, to Trent and Amber Johnston on 7 Little Johnstons — which follows the couple and their 5 kids who all have dwarfism — watching those families navigate on a regular basis lifestyles is forever interesting. And Courtney and Eric Waldrop from Sweet Home Sextuplets are no exception.
If you're not familiar with the Albertville, Ala., couple, permit us to supply a crash course on their backstory. Before their TLC repute, Courtney and Eric *most effective* had 3 sons: Saylor, in conjunction with twins, Wales and Bridge. Courtney was once a first-grade teacher and Eric owns a panorama industry.
This standard American circle of relatives's existence drastically modified, on the other hand, once they determined to take a look at for a fourth kid.
A blood-clotting disorder had led to Courtney to miscarry in the previous, so she turned to fertility remedies in order to welcome some other baby. Needless to say, the Waldrops had been in for the surprise of their lives once they realized they had been anticipating now not one, two, but six small children. (Which is also how they landed their reality TV display on TLC.)
Fans of Sweet Home Sextuplets have likely found themselves wondering: Are any of the sextuplets identical? Let's take a more in-depth look.
The Waldrop sextuplets have been born at 30 weeks gestation.
With six small children rising inside of her, Courtney was once placed on strict bedrest starting at 24 weeks alongside in her being pregnant with the sextuplets — which meant she may handiest stand up to make use of the rest room. At 26 weeks, she was admitted to the medical institution, where doctors may intently observe her situation around the clock.
Courtney ended up having a C-section when the babies were at 30 weeks gestation — and fortunately, all six of them have been delivered safely with the help of about Forty healthcare workers.
On Dec. 11, 2017, three boys and three girls came into the world weighing under 3 kilos every: Sons, Tag, Layke, and Blu; and daughters, Rivers, Rawlings, and Rayne. All of the sextuplets have been able to return house from the NICU by way of February 2018.
So are any of the Waldrop sextuplets identical?
Fans have most likely spotted the Waldrop sextuplets all look pretty an identical — but that in truth has not anything to do with being identical. Identical twins/triplets/etc. happen when a unmarried fertilized egg splits a number of times. On the different hand, multiples are regarded as fraternal when utterly separate eggs are fertilized and then increase on the same timeline.
Although it is totally imaginable to have a mix of identical and fraternal siblings in one set of multiples (simply look at the Busby quints; Ava and Olivia are identical, whilst the leisure of the women are fraternal), all of the Waldrop sextuplets are fraternal, People reported.
What are the odds of having sextuplets, anyway?
During the first actual episode of Sweet Home Sextuplets, Courtney and Eric discussed exactly how uncommon it's to change into pregnant with sextuplets. In reality, there was just a 1 in 5 million chance that sextuplets would happen in consequence of the fertility medicine Courtney have been on.
"They say out of 4 million U.S. births a year, only 25 are quintuplets or sextuplets — and most of them are quintuplets," Courtney defined on the display.
Seriously, though — even if they don't seem to be identical, the Waldrop sextuplets are critically lovely. Be certain to song into all-new episodes of Sweet Home Sextuplets on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. (EST) on TLC. And prepare for cuteness overload.
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