Home / Life This mama shares the raw reality of newborn quadruplets "Most of the day, this is where you would find me―snuggled up with four little babies." By Ellen Schmidt June 23, 2021 Rectangle The early days of motherhood are as raw and real as they come, and there’s no doubt that mothers of multiples feel this even more intensely. Danya is a mother of quadruplets (plus an older son), and when her children were newborns, her husband was often on the road for work. This photo, which quickly went viral after Dayna shared it on her Instagram page, Hello Quadruplets, shows an authentic snapshot of what postpartum life really looks like with multiples after her babies came home from the NICU. Dayna reminisces, “This one really shows the rawness of how crazy and messy the first few weeks with quadruplets is. I basically lived in bed with them back then while my husband was on the road for work. I lived off a couple hours of sleep at night between them waking up and having to pump.” data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=”4″ style=” background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% – 2px); width:calc(100% – 2px);”> Pretty incredible, right? Exhaustion didn’t prevent this mama from being prepared, however. Dayna writes, “I had my nightstand covered with everything I needed, my pump, milk containers, their bottles, formula, their reflux medicine, pacifiers and drinks and snacks for me. I had the bed lined with Snuggle Me beds for when I needed to pump so they didn’t grab the cords. Most of the day this is where you would find me, snuggled up with four little babies.” As the old saying goes, “the days are long, but the years are short” (why is this SO accurate?), and Dayna looks back on this time fondly. “I actually miss those days, they went so fast. I feel like I was destined to be a quadruplet mom. Though it was tough, I have loved every minute of it.” Categories: Life Related articles Baby This viral video of the unfiltered newborn stage is every new mama’s reality July 15, 2021 Life Motherhood is: Managing to keep on going even when it feels like you can’t May 24, 2019 Postpartum This viral text is changing how we support moms who just had a baby February 4, 2025 Viral & Trending Mom’s viral video makes a great point: If you’re done having kids, you’re ‘the village’ now September 26, 2024 Viral & Trending ‘I’ve never seen someone put the mom first’: Sweet BFF post-birth video goes viral March 25, 2024