![Quadruplets born to Erica Morales at a Phoenix hospital on Jan. 15, 2015](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/mother-dies-quadruplets.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
For one father, the happiest day of his life quickly turned tragic.
Carlos Morales, 29, was left devastated when his wife, Erica, died of blood loss on Jan. 16 while giving birth to their quadruplets two months prematurely.
“I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life,” said Morales. “My four babies came into the world and then my wife died.”
But all four babies, though tiny at between two and three pounds apiece, were healthy — and Morales has since been taking baby-care classes at a local hospital. “I need to be prepared,” he said.
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