A 26-YEAR-OLD woman gave birth to quintuplets on Friday, March 18, 2011 at Vienna's General Hospital, doctors said.
'The five babies are doing incredibly well, as is the mother,' the hospital's gynaecology chief Peter Husslein told the daily Oesterreich.
The quintuplets, all girls, were delivered via Caesarian section shortly after noon and are now being cared for each by a separate team of doctors, the AKH hospital said. Born prematurely in the 29th week of the pregnancy, they each weighed about 1kg, it added.
The Caesarian section had actually been planned for next week but had to be brought forward after the mother experienced some heart problems, reports said.
Over 40 people, from anaesthetists to midwives and paediatricians, were involved in the delivery, the AKH's medical director Reinhard Krepler noted.
The parents, who already have a six-year-old daughter, had sought hormone therapy after failing to have another child.
Quintuplets Births
Healthy Quints Born In Vienna Hospital
Healthy Quints Born In Vienna Hospital
