Quints by Surprise
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Quints by Surprise is a reality television show produced in the United States by Megalomedia about the Jones family, consisting of parents Ethan and Casey and their six children, including quintuplets. The show follows the family through their daily lives, focusing on the challenges of raising multiple children. The show premiered on TLC on August 30 2010. The family originally appeared in two one-hour specials titled Too Many Babies? and Too Many Babies: How They Do It on Discovery Health, which were later re-aired on TLC under the names Quintuplet Surprise and Quintuplet Surprise: The First 16 Months. The third season will premiere on November 8 2011.
Their desire to start a family was impeded by infertility. It was discovered Ethan suffered an extremely low sperm count. They turned to fertility treatments, using a sperm donor along with intrauterine insemination (IUI). Daughter Eliot McKenna was born on July 14, 2004.
The same sperm donor was used when the couple decided to conceive a younger sibling for Eliot. Casey underwent IUI for the second time in July 2008. In August 2008 they discovered they were expecting higher order multiples (originally six fetuses were present; one failed to develop). The couple refused selective reduction. The quintuplets were born on January 16, 2009 at Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas
: Brooklyn Faith, Britton Grace, Jack William, Lila Addison and Ryan Elizabeth. Over 25 physicians, nurses, and technicians were present for the birth.
Quintuplets - January 16, 2009 (age 3)
Family history
Ethan and Casey were childhood sweethearts. They first met at a school dance in 7th Grade in Denton, Texas, and married at the age of 23 at Grace Temple Baptist Church in Denton, in 1999. Ethan owns the remodelling company Eliot J Construction, and was offered a scholarship for the Executive MBA program by Baylor University, graduating in May 2010. Since 2005, the couple has lived in the Steiner Ranch community of Texas.Their desire to start a family was impeded by infertility. It was discovered Ethan suffered an extremely low sperm count. They turned to fertility treatments, using a sperm donor along with intrauterine insemination (IUI). Daughter Eliot McKenna was born on July 14, 2004.
The same sperm donor was used when the couple decided to conceive a younger sibling for Eliot. Casey underwent IUI for the second time in July 2008. In August 2008 they discovered they were expecting higher order multiples (originally six fetuses were present; one failed to develop). The couple refused selective reduction. The quintuplets were born on January 16, 2009 at Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
: Brooklyn Faith, Britton Grace, Jack William, Lila Addison and Ryan Elizabeth. Over 25 physicians, nurses, and technicians were present for the birth.
Family
Older Sister - July 14, 2004 (age 7)- Eliot McKenna
Quintuplets - January 16, 2009 (age 3)
- Brooklyn Faith
- Britton Grace
- Jack William
- Lila Addison
- Ryan Elizabeth