Mother, 48, who already has TWELVE children gives birth to quintuplets after conceiving naturally

• A woman has given birth to quintuplets in Melbourne, Australia
• The 48-year-old mother already has 12 children at home
• Of the two boys and three girls born, one of the baby girls died before the birth
• The delivery by caesarean section was done by 30 medical specialists

Conceived naturally: An Australian woman with 12 children has given birth to quintuplets (file photo)

A woman who already had 12 children has given birth to quintuplets after conceiving them naturally.
The 48-year-old woman from Melbourne, Australia gave birth to two boys and three girls by caesarean section today.
Tragically one of the girls died before the birth.
A team of 30 specialists including paediatricians, anaesthetists and nursing staff delivered the five babies, the first quintuplets in Melbourne for three decades.
The chances of conceiving quintuplets naturally is about one in 55 million, doctors say.
A spokesman for Monash Medical Centre where the historical birth took place said: ‘Mum is doing well.
‘One unfortunately did not make it.’
The four surviving babies will be cared for around the clock in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.

 

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According to Channel Seven, the family of 16 children, who wished not to be identified, is now one of the largest families in the Australian state of Victoria.
The last quintuplets born in Victoria were the Kissane quintuplets in 1980 who were born 11 weeks premature. None of the babies survived.

30 medical specialists: Born at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, the Australian quintuplets were born by caesarean section today

UNUSUAL MULTIPLE BIRTHS

• Celebrity boxer Nadya Suleman, dubbed ‘Octomom’, from California, gave birth to octuplets in January 2009. She already had six children at home when she had IVF. She was only the second woman to successfully do so in America.
• Mia McGhee from Columbus gave birth to sextuplets last year, becoming an internet sensation after posting a photo with partner Rozonno and their babies on Facebook. They then appeared on Oprah who gave them $250,000 of Walmart credit.
• Jeanette Fardelin from Liverpool, Merseyside conceived quintuplets through IVF and the deep freeze but they were born over six years in a modern day miracle. The last two were born in July this year.
• Kim Hefer of Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire gave birth to two sets of twin boys on the same day four years apart, in 2008 and this year.

Same day conception: Jeanette Fardelin and her IVF quintuplets, born six years apart, but were conceived on the same day

Internet sensation: Mia and Rozonno became overnight celebrities after posting this picture on Facebook and their sextuplets. They also appeared on Oprah