Case study
The mother did not realise she was carrying five babies until the last month! At first doctors said she was having twins, but that was later changed and she was informed that she was actually pregnant with four children. However, it was not until the following month that she finally discovered she was having quintuplets. She told the local press that she was in shock when she was told the news. She said: 'When we finally found a fifth head, I started to cry.' According to experts, the odds of conceiving quins naturally is one is several million. Both the mom and her partner have a family history of twins. The babies were administered corticosteroid to speed up the development of their lungs. The delivery took place in Prague, Czech Republic.
