Lebanese Woman Gives Birth to Quintuplets
She was expecting four children but was surprised to learn she was carrying five, only a few days before giving birth.
Aya Hamad, 24, delivered three girls and two boys – all “in good health” – on Ashourah, the Shiite holy day, reported Lebanon’s The Daily Star newspaper.
“I’m very, very happy to have my babies delivered on the 10th day of Muharram [Ashoura Day],” Hamad told The Daily Star. “I have a complete family now.”
The quintuplets, although born prematurely in the seventh month, weighed between 1 kg and 1.3 kg and were in “stable, good condition,” the director of the hospital, Dr. Kamel Yassin, where Hamad delivered her babies, told the paper.
Hamad already has a 2-year-old son from her husband Hussein Fawwaz and said she would need to transform the living room into a bedroom to accommodate the newborns.
Al Arabiya News