When Maria and Joseph Sawaged made the decision to grow their family, they never could have imagined what was in store. "It took us almost five years to get to this point," Maria said. During those five years and many rounds of fertility treatments, the Sawageds experienced their fair share of disappointment. "We got a false positive," Joseph said, "I couldn't even go in because it was during COVID rules, so it was just one person at a time, and she came back. It was sad." After that, the couple decided to try one more IUI. Following the procedure, Maria went in for an appointment, and she returned home with a recorded message from the doctor. "She came over to me, she says like, 'Don't be scared or like don't be frightened of what you hear,'" Joseph said, "So I was like, 'oh this is gonna be bad news.' So she does the recording and the doctor saying, doctor said the same thing, 'Don't be worried. Don't be concerned. But you have four,' and I was like, what?!" After years of trying, the Sawageds are expecting quadruplets this spring. "It's exciting but nerve-wracking. Coming from having no babies at all, and now we're about to have four," Maria said. Not only is the couple expecting the first quadruplets at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, since 2017, but they've also been navigating this pregnancy amid the pandemic. "I was by myself the most of the time, and also like, we haven't been able to go to like the birth class or tour the hospitals or anything like that because they're not allowing it," Maria said. The couple said COVID-19 has also changed the role their loved ones can have. From hosting their gender reveal on Zoom, to limited visitors allowed after delivery. "You can't have your family around. You can't have your friends over just to talk about just what you're going through. I think that's the hardest part -- just not being able to have anybody around you," Maria said. It's certainly all been unexpected, from experiencing pregnancy during a pandemic to finding out four babies are on the way. For the Sawageds, these new additions are what they've been waiting for. "We hit the jackpot, absolutely," Joseph said, "Now we can kind of say that we did everything that we could. And finally worked out. So now we got, we got a lot going on ahead of us." The Sawageds are expecting three boys and one girl. As the couple transitions from no babies to four, if you'd like to send diapers to the new parents, you can do so here.
When Maria and Joseph Sawaged made the decision to grow their family, they never could have imagined what was in store.
"It took us almost five years to get to this point," Maria said.
During those five years and many rounds of fertility treatments, the Sawageds experienced their fair share of disappointment.
"We got a false positive," Joseph said, "I couldn't even go in because it was during COVID rules, so it was just one person at a time, and she came back. It was sad."
After that, the couple decided to try one more IUI. Following the procedure, Maria went in for an appointment, and she returned home with a recorded message from the doctor.
"She came over to me, she says like, 'Don't be scared or like don't be frightened of what you hear,'" Joseph said, "So I was like, 'oh this is gonna be bad news.' So she does the recording and the doctor saying, doctor said the same thing, 'Don't be worried. Don't be concerned. But you have four,' and I was like, what?!"
After years of trying, the Sawageds are expecting quadruplets this spring.
"It's exciting but nerve-wracking. Coming from having no babies at all, and now we're about to have four," Maria said.
Not only is the couple expecting the first quadruplets at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, since 2017, but they've also been navigating this pregnancy amid the pandemic.
"I was by myself the most of the time, and also like, we haven't been able to go to like the birth class or tour the hospitals or anything like that because they're not allowing it," Maria said.
The couple said COVID-19 has also changed the role their loved ones can have. From hosting their gender reveal on Zoom, to limited visitors allowed after delivery.
"You can't have your family around. You can't have your friends over just to talk about just what you're going through. I think that's the hardest part -- just not being able to have anybody around you," Maria said.
It's certainly all been unexpected, from experiencing pregnancy during a pandemic to finding out four babies are on the way.
For the Sawageds, these new additions are what they've been waiting for.
"We hit the jackpot, absolutely," Joseph said, "Now we can kind of say that we did everything that we could. And finally worked out. So now we got, we got a lot going on ahead of us."
The Sawageds are expecting three boys and one girl. As the couple transitions from no babies to four, if you'd like to send diapers to the new parents, you can do so here.
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