Episode 127: Seeing Double Double: Raising Identical Quads

April 30, 2025

Guest: Mercedes & Jonathan Sandhu, Parents to Identical Quadruplets

When you’re given news you never expected – identical quadruplet girls in the case of Mercedes and Jonathan Sandhu –  you often wonder how it’s possible to do something hard.

In this episode, we chat about:

    • Coping with the surprise of finding out they were having quadruplets 
    • Navigating the media attention that comes with a higher-order multiples birth
    • Adjusting to life with six kids under four and what a typical day looks like
    • How Hand to Hold supported the family during their NICU stay and beyond
    • The Sandhus’ best advice for other parents

About the guest

Jonathan and Mercedes Sandhu, hand to hold nicu babies parent support podcastJonathan and Mercedes Sandhu are two engineers who had 6 kids in 4 years, including a set of identical quadruplets born in 2024. They live in Pearland, Texas (just south of Houston) and are trying to figure out how to balance careers, kids, and still have time to watch football. 

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