Texas woman gives birth to 6 babies in 9 minutes
Incredible birth making national news
Updated: 11:48 AM EDT Mar 21, 2019
On March 15, Thelma Chiaka, from Houston, gave birth to six babies (aka sextuplets) in an astounding nine minutes.Between 4:50 and 4:59 a.m., Chiaka delivered two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls named Zina and Zuriel, per a statement released by the Women's Hospital of Texas. All together, the little ones ranged in weight from 1 pound, 12 ounces to 2 pounds, 14 ounces바카라 게임 웹사이트 technically 5 to 6 pounds lighter than the average newborn, which is about 7 pounds, according to the University of Michigan Health Library. Such low birth weights might sound scary, especially in comparison to last week's delivery of a 15-pound baby girl in New York, but they can be fairly common in the case of multiple births like this one, says the Cleveland Clinic. While there's been no confirmation that Chiaka gave birth pre-term or news as to what week in her pregnancy she delivered, as of Friday, The Woman's Hospital of Texas only had good updates to report. At that time, the little ones were all in stable condition and would continue receiving care in the advanced neonatal intensive care unit. Chiaka is also doing well, according to the most recent comment from the hospital. The odds of having sextuplets is estimated at 1 in 4.7 billion, per the hospital. Now compare that with the chances of getting struck by lightning at some point in your life, which is about 1 in 3,000, according to National Geographic.
On March 15, Thelma Chiaka, from Houston, gave birth to six babies (aka sextuplets) in an astounding nine minutes.
Between 4:50 and 4:59 a.m., Chiaka delivered two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls named Zina and Zuriel, per a statement released by the . All together, the little ones ranged in weight from 1 pound, 12 ounces to 2 pounds, 14 ounces바카라 게임 웹사이트 technically 5 to 6 pounds lighter than the average newborn, which is about 7 pounds, according to the .
Such low birth weights might sound scary, especially in comparison to last week's delivery of a in New York, but they can be fairly common in the case of multiple births like this one, says the .
While there's been no confirmation that Chiaka gave birth pre-term or news as to what week in her pregnancy she delivered, as of Friday, only had good updates to report. At that time, the little ones were all in stable condition and would continue receiving care in the advanced neonatal intensive care unit. Chiaka is also doing well, according to the most recent comment from the hospital.
The odds of having sextuplets is estimated at 1 in 4.7 billion, per the . Now compare that with the chances of getting struck by lightning at some point in your life, which is about 1 in 3,000, according to .