By BBC<\/p>\n
A woman has given birth to rare quintuplets in Ethiopia’s Harari Regional state after 12 years of trying for a baby.<\/p>\n
Bedriya Adem said she and her husband were “overjoyed” to be “blessed with five children at once”.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old delivered four boys and a girl, all of whom are in “full health”, at the Hiwot Fana Specialised Hospital, the hospital said. The “five blessings” have been named Naif, Ammar, Munzir, Nazira and Ansar<\/p>\n
“I cannot express my happiness in words,” she told the BBC, recalling how she was “filled with depression and pain” until her prayers were answered.<\/p>\n
Hospital medical director Dr Mohammed Nur Abdulahi said the mother and babies remained under medical care at the hospital. The babies weighed between 1.3 and 1.4kg (3lb).<\/p>\n
He told the BBC that newborns who weigh more than a kilogram have a high chance of survival and healthy growth.<\/p>\n
The doctor told the BBC that Bedriya had conceived naturally, without the aid of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), which the hospital does not offer.<\/p>\n
IVF can increase the chance of multiple births if more than one embryo can be transferred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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