Mum who was expecting twins shocked when she gave birth to quintuplets.

A 37 year old Ukrainian mum, Oksana Kobeletska who was pregnant said she was expecting twins but was shocked after she gave birth to quintuplets. Kobeletska who already has a 3 year old daughter with her husband, gave birth to three boys and two girls via a c-section with the help of 8 doctors and Nurses on June 24.


While she was delighted with her little newborns - she said she was shocked after the birth in Ukrainian city of Odessa.

She said:

"I'm very shocked because I thought that I was having twins or something like that. "Nobody in our family has ever had it. There was not a single case of that kind. 

"Generally speaking, I didn't expect it and never anticipated it." 

She added: "I can't even imagine right now how it is going to be, to raise so many children at once."

The parents were presented with an apartment from Odessa city officials and the quintuplets have already been named by their parents as - Denis, Dariya, Vladislav, Oleksandra and David.

They will all be discharged from the hospital as soon as they weigh over 2kg according to the doctors.


Source: UK Mirror