India's first quintuplets: Mumbai woman delivers 5 babies In the first case of successful quintuplets in India, a 24-year-old woman on Friday gave birth to five babies at a private hospital in Mumbai. 
 
 RAIPUR: In what Chhattisgarh doctors claimed to be the first case in India, a woman gave birth to Quintuplets (five babies at once), that too in just six months of pregnancy. All the pre-mature baby girls who were born at district hospital in Ambikapur on Saturday morning have been kept in Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) because of their low-birth weight.The hospital staff called them "five star" babies and rightly so because they are probably the "most premature" quintuplets babies born in India so far. The proud parents, 25-year-old Manita Kumari and her husband Mahesh are happy to have five baby girls and are praying for each child to remain alive.Manita is a house-wife and had lost her first pre-mature child after three months of her birth in 2014.The babies born through normal delivery, around 10 am on Saturday, are so tiny that they could fit in single tray. Even being the pre-mature quintuplets, all the body parts of the new born are fully developed. For the record, a foetus's lungs, brain and eyes are hardly fully developed in the fifth month or the second trimester. The one with the lowest weight among the five is of 1 kg while the heaviest is of 1.5 kg."Our gynaecologist's observation says that the babies are premature and took birth in between six to seven months of pregnancy. They all have very low birth weight (LBW) and the survival of such LBW children in the best of hospitals is abysmally low," said Dr NP Pandey, chief superintendent of Ambikapur district hospital.Dr Pandey added that quintuplets is not new in India now but he has never heard about pre-mature quintuplets here so far.The hospital has kept the babies in NICU to keep them away from infections as this is the only way to increase their survival rate. Doctors try to duplicate conditions similar to the womb in NICU, providing the most advanced critical care, with minimum noise, light and painful stimuli for pre-mature child growth. 

 RAIPUR: District administration Ambikapur announced financial help to the parents of five daughters who were born in district hospital on Saturday. The doctors claimed that four among the five babies are suffering from jaundice.In what Chhattisgarh doctors claimed to be the first case in India, a woman gave birth to Quintuplets (five babies at once), that too in just six months of pregnancy. All the pre-mature baby girls who were born at district hospital in Ambikapur are admitted in in Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) because of their low-birth weight.The district administration, Ambikapur announces to open bank accounts of each baby under 'Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana'. The administration will also propose the names of the girls for the benefit under Noni Suraksha Yojana, a state program of Chhattisgarh under which Rs 5,000 per year will be deposited in the name of new born girls till five years and they would be given Rs 1 lakh after attaining age of 18 years.Dr NP Pandey, chief superintendent of Ambikapur district hospital informed that four among the five babies are suffering from jaundice. While mother has been discharged from the hospital on Monday, the babies are still in NICU."The gynaecologist's observation says that the babies are premature and took birth in between six to seven months of pregnancy. They all have very low birth weight (LBW) and the survival of such LBW children in the best of hospitals is abysmally low," added the doctor.President Chhattisgarh State Women commission, Harshita PAndey also visited the Ambikapur district hospital on Monday to meet the babies who brought for the state of being the first Quintuplets.The proud parents, 25-year-old Manita Kumari and her husband Mahesh are happy to have five baby girls and are praying for each child to remain alive. Manita is a house-wife and had lost her first pre-mature child after three months of her birth in 2014.The parents, who too get confused in recognizing the babies named them as Jiya, Jjanv, Jyoti, Jigayasa and Janya."The priest suggested the girls to be named with letter J, hence all sisters will have same initials," said Manita who is worries for the health and future of her babies. Hailing from extremely low socio-economic background, the coupled had a single room shelter with just Rs 500 in bank account. 

 A pregnant Indian housewife who was taken to the hospital in the state of Chhattisgarh in eastern India on Saturday morning had hoped to give birth safely to only one premature baby. But she was shocked when she gave birth to five girls through natural delivery in just about 30 minutes. 
 
 According to doctors in the state of Chhattisgarh, 25-year-old Manita Singh’s childbirth was the first time that a woman has given birth to quintuplets by natural or normal delivery in that part of the country. What made the birth even more remarkable was the fact that the babies were born after only about 26 weeks of pregnancy. 
 
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 According to The Times of India, the quintuplet girls were the most premature quintuplets ever born in India. 
 
 Manita was taken to the district government hospital in Ambikapur in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh after she started complaining of labor pains. Because she had lost her first baby in 2014 after three months of birth, Manita and her husband were anxious about the prospects of giving birth safely to a premature baby. 
 
 The couple had never suspected that Manita was pregnant with more than one child because she never had an ultrasound done during pregnancy. 
 
 She gave birth to her first baby girl at about 10 a.m. on Saturday. The first baby was followed in swift succession by four more girls. The quintuplets were all born within half an hour of each other, with the heaviest sister weighing about 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs). 
 
 The Times of India reports that the babies were so tiny that doctors could fit all five into a single tray. But doctors said that despite being very small, all their body parts were well developed, including the lungs, brain, and eyes. The sister with the lowest birth weight was only about 1 kg while the heaviest was 1.5 kg. 
 
 The new mother was too exhausted to comment soon after delivering quintuplets, but the father of the babies was overjoyed. He recalled the heartbreak of loss of their first baby two years earlier and told reporters he was convinced that “God has compensated the loss.” 
 
 “I am extremely grateful to God for blessing us with not one but five children,” Mahesh, the father of quintuplets, said. “We were heartbroken when we lost our first child, a son, immediately after birth two years ago. I believe God has compensated the loss.” 
 
 “I only hope that they all survive and I can give them a wonderful life,” the elated father added. 
 
 Doctors said they were monitoring the health of the girls very closely. The girls were being kept at the hospital’s Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) due to their low-birth weight, according to The Times of India. 
 
 Doctors were working to keep them from infections as a way of improving their survival chances. To enhance their chances of survival the girls were being kept in conditions that simulate the womb with minimum noise, light, and other environment stimulation, according to The Times of India. 
 
 Dr. Tekam, who led the team of doctors, told reporters, “This is the first case in my career where I have delivered five babies through normal birth.” 
 
 “We are very happy for the parents but the babies are under supervision as they all are premature,” he continued. “While they are healthy, we cannot say if they will survive. However, we are doing every bit to save them.” 
 
 Dr Pandey, who heads the Ambikapur district hospital, added, “Our gynecologists’ observation says that the babies are premature and took birth in between six to seven months of pregnancy. They all have very low birth weight (LBW) and the survival of such LBW children in the best of hospitals is abysmally low.” 
 
 He confirmed that Manita’s girls were not the first quintuplets in India but they were the first to be born through natural delivery in that area of the state of Chhattisgarh. 
 
 Quintuplet births are very rare indeed, occurring only in 1 in about 50,000,000 births. Quintuplets surviving infancy are even rarer. The first quintuplets on record to have survived are the Dionne sisters who were born in Canada in 1934. 
 
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 When Manita Singh began to feel labour pains at just 26 weeks pregnant, she was understandably worried about the health of her unborn baby. 
 
 The 25-year-old Indian woman had given birth to a stillborn son two years earlier and was fearful history was repeating itself. 
 
 However Manita's fear soon turned to shock as she gave birth to not one but five baby girls within 30 minutes of each other on Saturday morning. 
 
 The arrival of the quintuplets, who each weighed between 1 and 1.5kgs, was a surprise as Manita hadn't had any ultrasounds during her pregnancy. 
 
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 ​"I am extremely grateful to God for blessing us with not one but five children," Manita's husband Manish told Times of India following the birth of the quintuplets. 
 
 "We were heartbroken when we lost our first child, a son, two years ago. I believe God has compensated the loss. 
 
 "I only hope that they all survive and I can give them a wonderful life." 
 
 Dr Tekam, who oversaw the delivery of the babies at local government hospital in Ambikapur, in Chhattisgarh, eastern India, said it was the first birth of its kind that he had ever attended. 
 
 "This is the first case in my career where I have delivered five babies through normal birth," he told Times of India. 
 
 "We are very happy for the parents but the babies are under supervision as they all are premature. 
 
 "While they are healthy, we cannot say if they will survive. 
 
 "However, we are doing every bit to save them." 
 
 The quintuplets will be cared for in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. 
 
 It is not the first time Indian parents have been surprised at birth because they could not afford to have an ultrasound during pregnancy. 
 
 In December last year mother Guddo Devi was shocked when she gave birth to conjoined twins. 
 
 The 25-year-old and her husband Dalvir Singh, 27, thought she was pregnant with a normal single pregnancy until the twins were born via caesarean section. 
 
 Dalvir said his family was devastated by the twins' condition when they were born. 
 
 Guddo did not have any ultrasounds during pregnancy as the family could not afford to pay for the procedure on her husband's wage as a labourer. 
 
 Dalvir said he thought the ultrasounds were unnecessary as the pregnancy was "very smooth". 
 
 "She never complained of any problem throughout her pregnancy," the new dad said shortly after the birth of the twins.​ 
 
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– A 25-year-old Indian woman who went into labor Saturday despite being less than seven months pregnant feared she was about to relive the tragedy of delivering a stillborn baby that she went through two years ago, Stuff.co.nz reports. Instead, Manita Singh was surprised to deliver a set of very premature quintuplets. She was unaware she was carrying five babies because she and husband Mahesh were unable to afford an ultrasound. “I am extremely grateful to God for blessing us with not one but five children,” the Inquisitr quotes Mahesh as saying. “I believe God has compensated the loss" of the couple's first child, he adds. The couple has named the girls Jiya, Jjanv, Jyoti, Jigayasa, and Janya. A priest had advised them to start each name with the letter "J," the Times of India reports. But it's not all good news for what doctors say are likely India's "most premature" quintuplets ever. The Times of India reports the babies weigh between 2.2. and 3.3 pounds each and are being kept in intensive care because of their low birth weights. Four of the babies are suffering from jaundice. One hospital executive warns the survival rate for such premature babies is "abysmally low." If they survive, the quintuplets will receive financial support from the government. Manita and Mahesh live in a single room and have the equivalent of $7.50 in their bank account. Mahesh says he hopes his new children survive and that he can provide them with a "wonderful life." (This woman was expecting triplets but gave birth to quadruplets.)