Quadruplets cause a sensation for their beauty: A rare story about their father, a doctor, who delivered their mother's baby.

(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Mai, Lan, Cúc, and Trúc were born in 2001 in Ho Chi Minh City through in-vitro fertilization. Remarkably, their father is a doctor who was present during their mother's surgery and welcomed his daughters into the world.

Fourteen babies born via in-vitro fertilization.

Recently, on her 23rd birthday, Pham Nguyen Linh Lan (from Ho Chi Minh City, currently living in the US) – one of four sisters born through in-vitro fertilization in Vietnam in 2001 – posted on Facebook, showing off pictures of her quadruplet sisters with their rather unique names: Mai, Lan, Cuc, and Truc. Linh Lan's post received tens of thousands of interactions. Many people left comments praising the beauty of the four sisters. Despite being quadruplets, each girl has her own distinct beauty.

The four sisters: Mai (pink shirt), Lan (red shirt), Cúc (white shirt), and Trúc (blue shirt) (Photo: Provided by the subjects).

Sharing with a reporter from Dan Tri newspaper, Linh Lan said that she and her four sisters were conceived from the same embryo in their mother's womb and born on the same day, month, and year, but from different eggs. Therefore, their appearances are different. Linh Lan confided that her parents had tried to conceive naturally for a long time without success. When her mother was 35 years old, entering a stage where natural conception was difficult, her parents decided to try in-vitro fertilization (IVF). "IVF often results in multiple pregnancies. After the ultrasound, my mother received the results that she was pregnant with three babies. Having triplets can affect the mother's health , but my mother still decided to give birth to all three without aborting any of them. In the fifth month, the ultrasound results showed that my mother was pregnant with four babies. At that time, my parents were very worried," Linh Lan shared. She also revealed that her father is a doctor and was directly present during her mother's surgery. When all four children were born, he was both nervous and overjoyed.

Linh Lan's parents are overjoyed with the birth of their four daughters (Photo: Provided by the subject).

For Linh Lan and her four sisters to be born, her parents had to overcome many difficulties. A normal pregnancy is difficult enough, but her mother carrying four children at once was even more burdensome. During her pregnancy, Linh Lan's mother ate very little, making her quite weak. Meanwhile, her belly grew so large that she had difficulty walking. Linh Lan's father even carried her mother around throughout the pregnancy. "It sounds very romantic, but my parents must have had an incredibly hard time," Linh Lan confided. Not only that, during the birth of her children, Linh Lan's mother suffered a hemorrhage. This is a dangerous condition that can be life-threatening at any time. Fortunately, she bravely overcame it. Four healthy children were born on October 16, 2001. Their names, which include both their father's and mother's surnames and their mother's name as a middle name, are Pham Nguyen Linh Mai, Pham Nguyen Linh Lan, Pham Nguyen Linh Cuc, and Pham Nguyen Linh Truc.

A childhood filled with laughter, striving not to disappoint parents.

When Linh Lan and her sisters were young, their parents had a hard time taking care of them, but they also received support from other family members. The four sisters, Mai, Lan, Cúc, and Trúc, grew up surrounded by their parents' love and protection. From a young age, they were always close, playing and chatting together, so the family was always filled with laughter. Linh Lan and her sisters were also close friends, always sharing the joys and sorrows of life.

Raising four young children at once was quite challenging for Linh Lan's parents (Photo: Provided by the subject). Not only that, Linh Lan's parents always made an effort to give their children a colorful childhood, always surprising them with wonderful things. "One day, I woke up and was surprised when my parents dressed me up and took me to the airport to go to Phu Quoc for a trip. These unexpected trips made our childhood even more memorable," Linh Lan said.

The four sisters are always inseparable (Photo: Provided by the subjects).

She also admitted that when they were little, she and her sisters were very mischievous, liked staying up late, playing games like digging out the stuffing from blankets and pillows, drawing on the walls, and couldn't avoid arguments, even fierce fights. According to her, this is not an uncommon situation in families with many young children. Even so, they would quickly reconcile and stay close to each other. "After watching a play, we assigned roles to perform the story of Tam Cam . Linh Mai was the kindest and calmest, so she was assigned the role of Tam; I was the most assertive and fierce, so I played the stepmother; Linh Cuc was assigned the role of Cam; and Linh Truc played the role of the goby fish (laughs)," Linh Lan recalled. In 2018, Linh Lan and her four sisters went to the US to study and pursue their careers. Their mother also put her work aside to go to the US to take care of them. Linh Lan said that at that time, she and her sisters felt very sorry for their father because he had to stay in Vietnam to work and support the family financially . Seeing their parents working hard for their children's future, Linh Lan and her four sisters constantly strive and work hard in their studies to live up to their parents' expectations.

Currently, all four sisters are grown up and beautiful (Photo: Provided by the subjects). Linh Lan currently works in finance, Linh Mai is studying Management Information Systems, Linh Cúc is pursuing her dream of becoming a dentist, and Linh Trúc is studying graphic design. All four sisters live in the US, but in different areas. "My mother also wishes that we sisters could be closer, but this is difficult to say because everyone has their own path. We understand that we have less and less time with our family, so we often call to chat with our parents and also make time to visit our father in Vietnam. Although we are not physically close, we are not distant. When we have time off, we get together; just being together and chatting makes us very happy and warm," Linh Lan shared.

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