30-year old woman loses five babies in one day
Jacintah Akinyi, a Kenyan mother who gave birth to an extremely rare naturally-conceived quintuplets has lost all five babies.
The 30-year old mother, who did not know she was carrying five babies
went into labour on Sunday and gave birth to two babies at home, who
both died, before being transferred to the Kisii Teaching and Referral
hospital.
Nurse Manager Florence Ogero said a third baby died that night, due
to being underweight and suffering a condition caused by low levels of
blood platelets. “The other one had severe pneumonia and from all those
birth-related complications, these babies have succumbed. It was a
premature delivery and the mother did not attend antenatal clinic. The
multiple deliveries were diagnosed upon delivery so there was no
anticipation. We have tried our level best because they were being taken
care of by a competent team” she told AFP.
Akinyi is already the mother of four children, and lost a fifth in an
earlier pregnancy. There is a one in 60 million chance of a mother
falling pregnant with five babies, without hormone treatment, experts
say.
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