Alexandra Kinova, 23, gave birth to four sons and a daughter by Caesarean section today
A Czech woman has given birth to healthy quintuplets today - the first to be born in her country.
A Czech woman has given birth to healthy quintuplets today - the first to be born in her country.
Alexandra
Kinova, 23, gave birth by Caesarean section to four sons and a
daughter, officials at Prague's Institute for the Care of Mother and
Child said.
Doctors said the mother and her five babies have been placed in an intensive care unit.
Medical staff examine
23-year-old Alexandra prior to her Caesarian section at the Podoli
hospital in Prague, Czech Republic
Anticipation: Ms Kinova is attended by the hospital's surgeons during her Caesarean
Doctors care for one of the newborns after Ms Kinova gave birth to four boys and one girl
The father was present at the birth.
Ms Kinova already has one son and he helped choose the names of his five new siblings.
The four boys are called Deniel, Michael, Alex and Martin and the girl is called Terezka.
The family did not know what the sex of the all the babies were until they were born because two were hidden in the scan.
Zbynek Stranak, chief doctor at the neonatal section of the institute said the birth took place 'without any complications.'
Special delivery: The four boys are called Deniel, Michael, Alex and Martin and the girl is called Terezka
Five of a kind: The babies are the first naturally conceived quintuplets to be born in Prague
The quintuplets and their
mother have been placed in an intensive care unit, although all are said
to be doing well
A nurse cares for one of the
newborns. Ms Kinova has been told her children have a 95 per cent chance
of growing up healthy
He said the babies have a 95-percent chance to grow up healthy.
Ms Kinova, who is from Milovice, north east of Prague, beat staggering odds to conceive the quins without using IVF.
The mother-of-six did not realise she was carrying five babies until last month.
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