Multiple birth:Doctors say 4 but God added another

The babies

For most couples, the birth of a baby elicits joy. For some, the birth of twins or more elicits even greater joy and gratitude but when a woman is safely delivered of quadruplets (four babies) or quintuplets (five), her joy is supposed to be boundless.
Such is the case of Mr. Wale  Shofunlayo and his wife, Olayemi who were blessed with a healthy set of quintuplets weekend at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.
According to  Wale, the couple’s joy is immesureable as they did not prepare for five babies at a go.
As a Lawyer, Wale is under no illusion about the birth of their quintuplets.  To him, the birth of the  babies confirmed the adage that “Doctors care  and God heals. ”

Before the  babies came, the couple had prepared for quadruplets as the doctors’ investigation including comprehensive scan  showed that there were four babies.  But little did they know that posterity had another plan for them.  A gift, which could be described as the best Christmas gift anyone could get at a time like this.
Vanguard gathered that the middle aged woman who gave birth to two boys and three girls was said to have been in the hospital since last June  waiting for the arrival of the babies that finally came last week Friday.
Doctors at LUTH had recommended bed rest from the seventh month till delivery.
The delivery, which was taken by over 50 active medical personnel at the hospital all started like a fairy tale when the first, second, third and  fourth baby came and the leader of the medical team,  identified simply as Professor Ajayi discovered that there was still ‘something’  in the womb.
Apparently confused with the fact that all the while,  medical examinations continually show only four babies, the experts almost jumped to conclusion that what was left must be fibroid tissue.  But thanks to experience, that made them hesitant in terminating whatever may be there or seal up the opening without  further probe.
Further check thereafter showed that the fifth baby was actually on the way.  Each of the five babies weighed at least 1.5 kg while the biggest  weighed 1.8 kg.
Narrating her experience to Vanguard, Mrs. Olayemi whose joy knew no bounds described the delivery as a pleasurable experience and surprise package from God.
Olayemi who was still recuperating said, “I and my babies are fine. I was expecting four. After everything, I found out they were five”.
In a chat with Vanguard, father of the babies,  who declined comments on the possibility of an Assisted Reproductive treatment said “We have a 2 -year -old -boy already but to have the quintuplets is God’s doing. Our first baby was delivered at Lagoon hospital. I’m a Muslim and I give glory to Allah for this rare blessing. It is not every day one is blessed with five children at a go.
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