Janet Fenton has had six children in three pregnancies.
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If there's anyone who knows about the journey of parenting multiples it's her.
In September 2018, the Cessnock mother and husband Brad welcomed twins Vincent and Preston.
The boys were brothers for triplets Maya, Jasmine and Tamara, 8, and adult brother Curtis.
Following Multiple Birth Awareness Week 2019 - February 24 to March 3 - Mrs Fenton wanted to share what life was like with two sets of multiples.
"It's very, very busy," she said with a laugh.
"It's a little bit easier with the twins because I could feed them both at once as newborns."
Mrs Fenton said there were some common misconceptions surrounding multiple births, from ease of care to genetic factors.
"People think it's easier," she said. "They say things like 'you got them in one go'."
Mrs Fenton added another common assumption is the tendency for multiples must run in her family.
"My children are the first lot of multiples in my family and my husband's family," she said.
"The girls' father's family had no multiples and my current husband's family has none either. It's all based on the mother."
While the arrival of a double bundle of joy was a happy time for the family, there were some difficult moments for Mrs Fenton.
The boys were four weeks early and the youngest had fluid on his lungs which meant he needed to stay in the neonatal intensive care unit away from his twin brother and mother.
"The family went down to see him there but I had to wait," Mrs Fenton said.
"It was pretty tough because I was happy I had the boys but I worried about my youngest one and had to wait to hear reports."
The theme for Multiple Birth Awareness Week 2019 was Share the Journey - the journey of carrying, delivering and raising two or more babies at once.
Mr and Mrs Fenton haven't been alone in their efforts of raising their twins, with family and friends helping along the way.