“I Couldn’t Believe It”
Four Tiny Heartbeats Changed Everything
Galina Minakina, a 33-year-old dance instructor, walked into her ultrasound expecting one more beautiful chapter.
Instead, the screen revealed four beating hearts — a miracle so rare it stole her breath.

“No IVF. No hormones. Just pure, breathtaking nature.”
Shock hit first — then raw fear.
Tears streamed as she imagined the tiny apartment, the endless nights, the question every parent dreads: Will they survive?
Doctors urged reduction. The risks were terrifying.
But when she called her husband through trembling sobs, his voice was steady:
“We keep all of them.”
At 27 weeks hospitalized. COVID struck. Emergency C-section at the edge of survival.
On February 19, two brave boys — Lenya & Kolya — and two fierce girls — Tanya & Lyuba — arrived, each between 1.3–1.7 kg.
Tiny warriors who cried immediately. They fought. And they won.
Now a family of eight, nights are chaos — grunts, wiggles, endless bottles — yet every exhausted sunrise brings the same truth:
They are here. They are ours.
Support floods in — school, friends, strangers.

Challenges loom — formula mountains, crowded rooms, sleepless years ahead — but Galina smiles through tears:
“I used to teach perfect rhythm. Now I dance to four different cries… and I wouldn’t trade this wild, holy chaos for anything.”
From one heartbeat to four, their love multiplied overnight.
And in the quiet moments, holding them close, she knows:
This is exactly where we belong.