Diamond and Chris Harris got more than they bargained for when they decided to have one more baby as a companion for six-year-old son, Dwayne. After getting pregnant, Diamond's first ultrasound revealed five babies! The Harrises were staggered. Diamond wondered how she could carry that many babies. Chris wondered how they could afford them?
What began as an average family took an astonishing leap on July 7, 2002 when a team of 30 doctors prepared to deliver, what they believed at the time were, quintuplets: 5 babies. At 26 weeks gestation, even the largest of the infants would weigh less than 2 pounds. There would be many medical challenges ahead.
The delivery was joyous, fearful and shocking all rolled into one- joy in the instant love they felt for their instant large family… fear for the babies’ precarious health that would require months in the NICU…and shock when a sixth baby was born 2 minutes after they thought the delivery was complete!
And thus the incredible odyssey of the Harris Sextuplets began. Now, with a half dozen 6-year-olds and a 12-year-old son, the Harris Family shares the ups and downs of raising sextuplets (plus one!)...a world where even the most ordinary day can seem extraordinary.
