Her life was “filled with depression and pain”After twelve years of unfulfilled desire to have children – woman gives birth to quintuplets

Quintuplets are already “a rarity”

On Tuesday (May 5th) a miracle occurred in more ways than one in a hospital in Ethiopia. 35-year-old Bedriya Adem gives birth to quintuplets, BBC News reports. This fact alone is a miracle in itself. Because “the birth of quintuplets is a medical rarity – this occurs naturally in only one in 50 million pregnancies,” says the Berlin Charité website. The medical director of the hospital in Harari, Ethiopia, Dr. Mohammed Nur Abdulahi, confirmed in the BBC interview that Bedriya Adem became pregnant naturally. Before the birth, the 35-year-old was told that she was expecting quadruplets, but when she was born there were five babies.

In the case of the 35-year-old, she said she had been trying to get pregnant for twelve years. Bedriya Adem's life was “filled with depression and pain.” “I suffered for twelve years, hiding and praying incessantly for children.” Now Bedriya Adem “cannot put her happiness into words”. She and her husband are “overjoyed to have been blessed with five children.”

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According to doctors, all five babies have a good chance of survival

According to People Magazine, the quintuplets included four boys and one girl, all of whom were in “full health,” according to the hospital. However, mother and babies are still being treated in the hospital, said Dr. Mohammed Nur Abdulahi, interviewed by BBC. However, the chances of all babies surviving would be good as they weigh between 1.3 and 1.4 kilograms. According to the doctor, newborns who weigh more than one kilogram have a high chance of survival and good growth.

Sources used: BBC News, Charité Berlin, People Magazine