--- title: Father Cares for Quadruplets After Mother Dies in Childbirth description: "I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life" canonical: https://time.com/3727307/carlos-morales-quadruplets-childbirth/ author: Daniel D'Addario article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-28T16:36:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:47.982Z og:title: Father Cares for Quadruplets After Mother Dies in Childbirth og:description: "I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life" og:url: https://time.com/3727307/carlos-morales-quadruplets-childbirth/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7da7c3e8d3799b4/6987818f2dce017e0a9ddcd9/mother-dies-quadruplets.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Quadruplets born to Erica Morales at a Phoenix hospital on Jan. 15, 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Father Cares for Quadruplets After Mother Dies in Childbirth twitter:description: "I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7da7c3e8d3799b4/6987818f2dce017e0a9ddcd9/mother-dies-quadruplets.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dad Will Raise Quadruplets Alone After Wife Dies in Childbirth  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Feb 28, 2015 4:36 PM UTC  Quadruplets born to Erica Morales at a Phoenix hospital on Jan. 15, 2015 Quadruplets born to Erica Morales at a Phoenix hospital on Jan. 15, 2015Nicole Todman—AP  by [Daniel D'Addario](https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Feb 28, 2015 4:36 PM UTC 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. _For parenting news, tips and advice, click_ [_here_](http://time.com/t4parents) _to subscribe to TIME for Parents, our free weekly newsletter._ [Read the entire story at _People_. ](http://www.people.com/article/quadruplets-carlos-erica-morales-dies) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3727307/carlos-morales-quadruplets-childbirth/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3727307/carlos-morales-quadruplets-childbirth/"},"headline":"Dad Will Raise Quadruplets Alone After Wife Dies in Childbirth","datePublished":"2015-02-28T16:36:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:47.982Z","description":"\"I went from having the best day of my life to the next morning experiencing the worst day of my life\"","url":"https://time.com/3727307/carlos-morales-quadruplets-childbirth/","keywords":["Living","Parenting","Family"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7da7c3e8d3799b4/6987818f2dce017e0a9ddcd9/mother-dies-quadruplets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7da7c3e8d3799b4/6987818f2dce017e0a9ddcd9/mother-dies-quadruplets.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Quadruplets born to Erica Morales at a Phoenix hospital on Jan. 15, 2015","caption":"Quadruplets born to Erica Morales at a Phoenix hospital on Jan. 15, 2015","creditText":"Nicole Todman—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3727307/carlos-morales-quadruplets-childbirth/","name":"Dad Will Raise Quadruplets Alone After Wife Dies in Childbirth"}}]}] ```