“Just being together, having a calm and relaxing day with all my friends, is enough,” Digna, 31, said in Spanish. “But ‘relaxing’ and ‘quiet’ are not easy to come by in this house anymore,” she added with a giggle.

Digna and her husband, Victor, are getting used to having such a full house. The couple also have an 8-year-old son, Jhan Carlos.

“It’s hard to go out with six friends,” Digna said. “Just knowing they are with me, happy and healthy, is the best feeling.”

On a recent afternoon, the babies rested on six bassinets lined up in two neat rows in the family’s living room. Genesis smiled, anticipating her reward. Justin, ever the quiet one, waited patiently. Once Jaden started to cry, Joel, Jezreel and Danelia did the same.

“Everyone is developing their own personality,” said her mom. “For others, it’s ‘in the same. I already know who is who.”

The joy of Digna and Víctor has not come without sacrifices, they admit it.

The fillers keep piling up. Fixed expenses—$5,000 for electricity, money for groceries, and all those diapers—can be hard to cover on the $900 a week salary Victor, 35, earns as a maintenance worker.

The Carpio babies are only the second set of 𝓈ℯ𝓍tuplets born to a New York couple and are believed to be the first 𝓈ℯ𝓍Hispanic triplets in US history.

Two Visiting Nurses of New York nurses help parents care for the bias. But an ʋez that comes out at 6 p.m. m., both Digna and Víctor know that sleeping will be a luxury.

“I don’t want to feel overwhelmed,” Digna said. “I’m already thinking that I’m going to need an ʋan or a bus to get them to school.”

While Digna and Victor know money will be tight for a long time, looking at their friends’ adorable faces makes it all “somewhat worth it.”

“Sometimes I feel like I’m ‘smelling’ crazy and then I look at them. It’s the best feeling,” Digna said. “It is the best gift for a mother.”