Manita Singh, a 25-year-old Indian woman, got the biggest surprise of her life after she gave birth to quintuplets through natural delivery in just over 30 minutes on April 2. The new mother, who never had an ultrasound, was left in shock when she found out that she was delivering not one but five baby girls.
The Daily Mail reports that Manita was rushed to the district government hospital in Ambikapur at Chhattisgarh, eastern India after she started complaining of labor pains. The pregnant housewife and her husband Manish Singh were worried about giving birth at just 26 weeks after they lost their first baby in 2014.
The couple, who anticipated only one baby, was shocked when doctors informed them that five baby girls are on the way. The premature quintuplets were all born in swift succession in just over 30 minutes, with varying weight between 1 to 1.5 kg.
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"I am extremely grateful to God for blessing us with not one but five children," Mahesh, told The Times of India, according to The Inquisitr. The 26-year-old father believed that God has compensated the loss after their first child died two years ago. He is hoping that all of her daughters will survive so that he can give them a wonderful life.
Dr. Pandey, head of Ambikapur district hospital, said that the Singh quintuplets were not the first quintuplets in India. However, they were the first to be born through natural delivery in the state of Chhattisgarh.
Dr. Tekam, who led the team of doctors in the delivery, shared that it was the first time in his entire career that he was able to deliver quintuplets through normal birth. He, however, added that they are closely monitoring the premature babies as their chances of survival are abysmally low due to their very low birth weight.
"While they are healthy, we cannot say if they will survive. However, we are doing every bit to save them," Dr. Tekam stated.
Quintuplet births are considered rare as it occurs only in one out of almost 50,000,000 births. According to PBS, the Dionne sisters, who were born in Canada in 1934, were the first recorded quintuplets to have survived.
