Influencer Mariana Mazzelli | Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @quintuploscapixabas
When 39yearold influencer Mariana Mazzelli decided to get pregnant in 2018, she remembered what practically every woman has heard at some point in her life: that pregnancy is a beautiful and special moment, but it can also be difficult. She just didn’t think it would be so difficult.
When he found out he would have five children, he ran to Google to research the dangers of the experience. There, Mariana from Espírito Santo realized that in her case there was little certainty about what lay ahead in terms of the babies. “I didn’t want to drink gender reveal tea because I knew the risk of losing her at any moment,” he says.
Jayme, Beatriz, Benício, Laís and Bella were born extremely premature and with very low birth weight at 27 weeks and stayed in the intensive care unit for four months before going home. Three of them, with some consequences. At the same time, her husband Jayme was diagnosed with aggressive cancer. He died last April, a year after his diagnosis. “I didn’t despair, I was able to say goodbye. The separation from the children happened little by little.” Starting this Monday (2), Mariana will show her routine with her children in the reality show “Quintuplicado” on Discovery Home & Health.
Read F5 his statement:
“I married my husband Jayme in 2014 and in 2018 the desire to have children arose. He already had one from his first marriage. We tried to get pregnant but couldn’t. That’s when I decided.” I had to undergo a treatment consisting of subcutaneous injections that I gave myself to mature the eggs. By December of that year I was already pregnant.
In January 2019 I discovered they were quintuplets. When I received the news, I spent two days processing it, and then Jayme took my hand and said that we would face this new life together, that we would find a way. My husband was wonderful from start to finish.
The children Jayme, Beatriz, Benício, Laís and Bella were born on June 4, 2019 at 27 weeks old. They were extremely premature and had a very low birth weight. I remember that I had to be on absolute bed rest in the 20th week. When I was 25, I went to the hospital and couldn’t move. At 27 weeks, the doctor said he had to deliver the baby or Beatriz would die.
Jayme was the heaviest at 1.5kg; Beatriz, for example, was born weighing 430 grams. The five of them spent four months in the intensive care unit and had to undergo the most difficult operations, which we almost lost several times. I didn’t think they would survive, I researched multiple pregnancies and saw data about many babies dying, I was scared. I didn’t want to have a baby shower or anything like that because I knew from the start that there was a risk of losing her at any moment.
In October 2019 they were released, first the boys and then the girls. In addition to feeding every three hours, I had to administer millions of medications and still stick to a regular routine.
Jayme developed an infection and had to remove a large portion of his intestines. Doctors said he would have short bowel syndrome and that he would only be fed through a tube. Bella operated on the heart artery, the blood did not flow normally to the legs. He also operated on his intestines twice and it burst. Benício removed a few centimeters from the ilium [osso da região do quadril]. Beatriz had to undergo eye surgery to prevent blindness. Nothing happened to Laís, she is a miracle.
Today they are four years old. Jayme and Laís are developing normally. Benício has Down syndrome and I suspect he has some degree of autism since he only speaks a few words. Bella has cerebral palsy and still cannot walk.
Beatriz had strabismus, but we corrected it with surgery.
All of this was happening and my husband was sick. We were always in a relationship, we had a 12year relationship, he was the joy of the house.
When I learned of his diagnosis of nonHodgkin’s lymphoma, it was a gut punch. My world has ended. The cancer was very aggressive and it was going to be a difficult battle. Jayme was optimistic about 2022. I have videos of him on December 23rd saying that the cancer got the wrong person. At the turn of 2023, things got complicated. He began to feel pain, he couldn’t sleep, he couldn’t eat. The disease began to squeeze the organs.
I decided to start an online fundraiser in January because it was the only chance for him to get treatment in the US. But he was in very bad shape and fought a lot, he suffered. He still managed to perform this revolutionary treatment, which involved taking cells from his body that were sent to the United States for modification and sent back to Brazil. But after this infusion he had a high fever, he began to lose weight, his organs began to fail. I believed that the situation could be reversed until the last day of his life.
The best friends from different parts of the country arrived at the hospital and we said goodbye. Jayme cried in her sleep. I, too, fell into a deep sleep that April 19th and suddenly woke up to find the room full of doctors. I felt calm, I didn’t despair and I was able to say goodbye and thank him for everything. He is gone.
The separation from the children happened gradually. In December 2022, Jayme no longer had much contact with them. He spent more time sleeping and gradually switched off. At the hospital we had a birthday party for him with the children and it was like saying goodbye.
Today, as a single mother of five children, I believe that the best thing to do is to hold on to God, have faith, live in the present and love all people. Pardon. Life is very short. Live for today because we don’t know tomorrow.” (Leonardo Volpato/Folhapress)
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