Delivery Room Doctors Startled To Witness 23-Year-Old Mom's Rare And Historic Birth

Apr 13, 2020 by apost team

Nothing excites a family quite like the prospect of a new baby – unless it’s multiple babies! In 2013, 23-year-old Alexandra Kinova was thrilled when she learned that she was about to have a second baby with her boyfriend, Antonin Kroscen; however, she would soon get the surprise of her life when she learned she was carrying quintuplets.

The couple was used to the idea of twins with both of their families having multiple births, but they were stunned when the doctor announced that they weren’t just having twins – instead, they were going to have four babies!

While the young couple struggled to adjust to the thought of having four new babies, an ultrasound the next month informed them that Alexandra was actually pregnant with five children.

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Alexandra explained that she was so overcome with emotion that she actually started to cry when doctors located a fifth head on the ultrasound. Ultrasounds were scattered, revealing only random heads and legs. While the sexes of the babies were indeterminable in the ultrasounds, the couple began to anxiously await their new arrivals.

The likelihood of a couple naturally conceiving five babies or more at once is one in 60 million!

Despite the large number of babies that Alexandra was carrying, she went forward with plans to breastfeed after birth. While Alexandra explained that she wanted to feed them naturally, she also understood that some formula would be necessary.

Just as Alexandra’s pregnancy was unusual, the delivery was just as strange. The hospital the couple delivered at scheduled twice as many doctors and midwives to be in attendance, totaling approximately forty people in the delivery room.

The excited father almost missed the entire event! Antonin’s train was delayed, making him scared that he would not be there for the arrival of the babies. He recalls that he spent the entire trip crying.

Despite the large number of births, the head doctor reported that the delivery was complication free. The family welcomed home four healthy boys named Michael, Alex, Deniel, and Martin, along with a little girl named Terezka.

Not only was this an exciting day for Alexandra and Antonin, but it was also a historic day for their country of the Czech Republic. These quintuplets were the first ones recorded to be born in the country. 

The doctors explained that there were no recorded quintuplets since 1949 and that the Czech Republic only has quintuplets approximately once every 480 years. While multiple births often result in health problems, these special quintuplets were given a 95% chance of growing up without any health issues.

Two years later, in 2015, the couple gave an interview for the quintuplets' second birthday. All of the babies are healthy and have grown up to be beautiful little humans.
 

They are called Terezka, Michael, Deniel, Martin and Alex - four wonderful boys and a girl. Now in 2020, they have enrolled their six-year-old quintuplets as well as their oldest son to the local school. 

What do you think about this amazing story of the world-famous Czech quintuplets? How would you handle it if you found out that you were going to have that many kids at the same time? Do you know anyone else who had surprise multiples? Tell us in the comments and pass this brave family's story on to your friends and loved ones.