Mom of 7—Who Had 2 Sets of Twins—Was ‘Planning on 8th’ but Delivered Quintuplets Instead

Mom of 7—Who Had 2 Sets of Twins—Was ‘Planning on 8th’ but Delivered Quintuplets Instead
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A Polish mother of seven has successfully given birth to premature quintuplets, hospital officials in southern Poland said on Feb. 14. She reportedly called the birth a “miracle.”

The two boys and three girls were born through a cesarean section on Sunday, in the pregnancy’s 28th week, at the University Hospital in Krakow.

The hospital posted on its Facebook account, as translated from Polish, that “[s]uch a pregnancy happens once in 52 million cases.”

“A miracle has happened,” said the quintuplets’ mother, Dominika Clarke, 37. “We were planning on having an eighth child but it turned out that there would be a few more children.”

Weighing between 25-49 ounces (710-1,400 grams), the newborns were all put in incubators and given breathing support, but doctors said they are all doing fine, given their premature birth.

One of the quintuplets, born on Sunday in the University Hospital in Krakow, Poland. (Karolina Fok/Archive, The University Hospital, Krakow/www.su.krakow.pl via AP)
One of the quintuplets, born on Sunday in the University Hospital in Krakow, Poland. Karolina Fok/Archive, The University Hospital, Krakow/www.su.krakow.pl via AP
The quintuplets' birth was characterized as a "miracle" by their mom, Dominika Clarke, 37. (Karolina Fok/Archive, The University Hospital, Krakow/www.su.krakow.pl via AP)
The quintuplets' birth was characterized as a "miracle" by their mom, Dominika Clarke, 37. Karolina Fok/Archive, The University Hospital, Krakow/www.su.krakow.pl via AP

Clarke told a news conference in Krakow on Tuesday that she was feeling “much better than I had expected.”

They have been given the names Elizabeth May, Evangeline Rose, Arianna Daisy, Charles Patrick, and Henry James, TheFirstNews reported, adding that this will increase the number of children in their household to 12.

“If you have a system, a calm approach, and a positive attitude, then it is possible to have a really cool life with such a large bunch of children,” Clarke said.

She and her British husband’s other children are aged between 10 months and 12 years and include two pairs of twins.

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