It was supposed to be the happiest moment of their lives. Carlos Morales kissed his wife Erica and told her he loved her just minutes before they delivered their quadruplets.

Tragically, it would be the last time he would ever see her alive. Pregnant with four babies through IVF, Erica, 36, went into labor at seven months. Doctors were prepare to deliver the babies by c-section

"We were so excited to to start our family", Carlos,29, who in a manufacturing in Phoenix, Arizona, says. "And it all came crashing down".

All four babies- three girls and one boy-were safely delivered. But Erica went into hypovolemic shock, an emergency condition were one experience a severe amount of *la*hd loss. She died at 1:50 a.m. on January 16 before she even had a chance to hold her newborns in her arms