For 17 years, they hoped against fate for a child of their own. However, when Ajibola Taiwo and her husband, Adebuee, learned that she was finally pregnant, they discovered that they’d gotten far more than they bargained for. It was on May 11 7th that the couple from Virginia welcomed their six tuplets into the world. Agribolo was 30 weeks pregnant when she gave birth to her six children, three boys and three girls, all under the supervision of a 40-strong medical team. The newborns varied in weight from £1.
10oz to £2. 15oz and all six are doing well. Continuing to flourish even though they’re being cared for in neonatal intensive care at Children’s Hospital in Virginia. The couple had been trying to conceive for over two decades until their hopes were realized when they received their first ultrasound in November and discovered four heartbeats.
When the expectant parents went in for an appointment at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in January, they were shocked to learn that they were expecting six tuplets.
I was overjoyed, Odiboye, who was originally from Western Nigeria, said of becoming a father for the first time. This was the first time we had anticipated something. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are approximately 4 million live birds in the United States in the year 2015. Only 24 of those were quintuplets or higher-ordered. Births, which is a small percentage of the total.
Medical staff from around the hospital was present on May 11 when the infants were delivered by a C-section, keeping an eye on both the mother and the babies. There were professionals in maternal and fetal medicine, labour and delivery nursing, anaesthesia, respiratory, neonatal medicine, social work and Cardiology on the task force.
In the words of Dr Susan Lanny, medical director of labour and delivery at VCU Medical Center, the team came together swiftly to begin prenatal management and birth planning, which included pre-delivery drills and resuscitation exercises. A normal labour and delivery shift includes one or two premature births, with time in between and is frequently split into two or three halves.
We needed to cooperate with our colleagues in the neonatal intensive care unit to deliver six premature babies all at the same time. Dr Ronald Ramas, who is also a member of the team that assisted with the delivery of the babies, stated that the doctors and nurses needed to establish a rapport with the parents. As he put it, we’re going through this wonderful adventure together with the family. The fact that parents bring home sex tablets, is not something that happens every day.
Mrs Tyler had been eating, sleeping and breathing for 7 hours straight for her to get as far as she did. A lot of support and encouragement we gave her was critical, and it was one of the most significant contributions we made as a team. Atta Boy, a new father commended the medics saying that they all went above and beyond his expectations. The medical team is outstanding in terms of both treatment and hospitality, he stated.
