A mother of seven has given birth prematurely but safely after an unexpected pregnancy of quintuplets in Poland.
Dominika Clarke, who is already the mother of seven children aged 10 months to 12 years, gave birth to quintuplets in Krakow on Sunday, Polish media reported. She feels “better than expected” after the pregnancy, Clarke said.
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The newborns, three girls and two boys, were delivered by caesarean section after 29 weeks and are being ventilated. The head of neonatology at the Krakow hospital was confident about the condition of the five premature babies. “We look forward to reaching the happy moment of his release,” said Ryszard Lauterbach.
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In fact, the couple had only planned one more child. “But it turns out there was more,” said Clarke and her British husband, Vince. They described the pregnancy as a “miracle”.
According to the hospital, the chances of giving birth to quintuplets are one in 52 million. The “chances of winning the lottery” were higher, said the happy mother. But as a mathematician, she likes “this kind of statistics”.