A 29-year-old Polish woman gave birth to six babies.
It is a rare event, which had only a one in 4.7 billion chance of occurring, according to doctors. In Krakow, a young Polish woman, already the mother of a child, gave birth to sextuplets. They are four girls and two boys, born by caesarean at the 29and week of pregnancy.
“Both the mother and the children are doing well,” a hospital spokeswoman said. The six infants weigh between 890 and 1,300 grams, according to doctors, and will be in an incubator for several weeks. According to the Polish President, Andrzej Duda, “this is the first case of its kind in Poland”.
Niesamowita wiadomo??! W Krakowie urodzi?y if? dzi? 6-raczki. To pierwszy taki przypadek w Polsce. Mama i Dzieci (4 dziewczynki i 2 ch?opców) czuj? if? dobrze (jak na t? wyj?tkow? sytuacj?). Gratulacje i podzi?kowania dla Rodzicow i Personelu Medycznego! https://t.co/UoEx57e4YK
— Andrzej Duda (@AndrzejDuda) May 20, 2019
A sixth surprise baby
While doctors were expecting the arrival of quintuplets, a sixth baby arrived by surprise. Fortunately, the delivery went well: “The mother is very active, smiling and happy. She was able to touch the sixth baby while waiting for the arrival of the sixth incubator”, specifies the doctor.
The hospital explains that one of the children needed intubation, but is already prepared to return to noninvasive breathing. Indeed, the six brothers and sisters are very premature and are, for the moment, unable to control their breathing themselves. In the incubator, babies are fed through a small tube that passes directly into the stomach through the nostril or mouth, to minimize the effort required to suck and swallow.
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