Israel

Fantastic four prove medics wrong

September 27, 2011 12:24
Barmitzvah this month:  the Mizrahi quads

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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