‘I'm Happier Raising My Quins As A Single Mum!

Supermum Kim didn’t expect raising her eight kids would lead to PTSD and splitting from her husband

- Natalee Fuhrmann

When Kim Tucci found out she was expecting quins, her legs started to shake as she tried to come to terms with carrying five babies at once, who were conceived naturally without the aid of fertility drugs or IVF.

Once the shock wore off, she and husband Vaughn, 35, who had hoped to fall pregnant with a longed-for son, started to prepare for what any parent would understand was a massive life change – and an even bigger challenge. It was a daunting prospect, but also a joyful one.

Kim – who had son Kurt, 12, with a former partner – and Vaughn already had two children together, daughters Avia, eight, and Indianna, five, and thought a third baby would complete their family unit.

But as fate would have it, they found themselves expecting quins in what surprised doctors called a one-in-55 million chance. When Kim, 30, gave birth to non-identical quins Keith, Ali, Penelope, Tiffany and Beatrix in January 2016, she knew she would need help.

FEELING THE PRESSURE