48year old woman Gives Birth To Quintuplets Bringing The Total Number Of Her Children To 17

Wonders, they say, shall never end.  A 48-year old from Melbourne, Australia has given birth to a set of two boys and three girls by caesarean section today. The woman who already has 12 children, added to that number by giving birth to the quintuplets after she conceived them naturally.

The quintuplets who are the first set in Melbourne in thirty years, were delivered by a team of 30 specialists comprising paediatricians, anaesthetists and nursing staff.  48-year-old woman from Melbourne, Australia gave birth to two boys and three girls by.

Tragically one of the girls died before the birth.
The chances of conceiving quintuplets naturally is about one in 55 million, doctors say. A spokesman for Monash Medical Centre where the historical birth took place said: ‘Mum is doing well. One unfortunately did not make it.’
The four surviving babies will be cared for around the clock in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.