Sextuplets pregnancy: Woman births 6 kids in 9 minutes
  • 5 years ago
HOUSTON, TEXAS — A woman in Texas gave birth to six babies within 10 minutes last week, according to Fox News.

Thelma Chiaka gave birth to sextuplets. She birthed two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls between 4:50 a.m. and 4:59 a.m. on Friday March 15, 2019 at the Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston, according to Fox News.

Fox News cites a press release by the hospital, as saying that the babies' weight was around 1 pound 12 ounces to 2 pounds 14 ounces.

The odds of having sextuplets is 1 in 4.7 billion, according to the Woman's Hospital of Texas. The hospital said the woman named her daughters Zina and Zuriel. The names of the four boys haven't been revealed yet, according to Fox.

The new born babies and the mom are in stable condition and are to receive treatment at the hospital's advanced neonatal intensive care unit.
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