Tyrone mum gives birth to sextuplets
A Tyrone mother who gave birth to sextuplets in just five minutes was recovering in hospital today.
The babies – four girls and two boys – weighed between 1lb 7oz and 2lb 2oz and doctors confirmed they were not conceived through IVF.
Their condition in intensive care was described as “as good as could be expected”.
Yesterday’s successful Caesarean section birth – which involved 30 medical staff – was 14 weeks early.
It is believed to be the first case of sextuplets in the North.
The parents are understood to live in the Kildress area of Co. Tyrone, close to Cookstown.
Medical staff said it was a stressful experience for all of them, a happy day but potentially difficult.
The birth of sextuplets is rare, occurring in about one out of 4.5 million pregnancies.
