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Fantastic four prove medics wrong

September 27, 2011 11:24
Barmitzvah this month:  the Mizrahi quads

By

Nathan Jeffay,

Nathan Jeffay

1 min read

It was the barmitzvah that defied medical science.

When Yael Mizrahi found out that she was pregnant with quads 13 years ago, her doctor told her there was a "very low chance" that they would all survive.

"I was shocked when I learned I was having quads because I didn't have fertility treatment," said the Jerusalem mother in an emotional interview recently. "Immediately, the doctor said that I should terminate two."

She continued: "He called them A, B, C, and D, asking who I was going to give up and who to send to life." She decided to keep all of them, and A, B, C and D - now four healthy teenagers, Benzi, Yosef, Shlomo and Yishai - celebrated their barmitzvah two weeks ago.

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