BRAZIL: BRAZILIAN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH, AFTER FERTILITY TREATMENT, TO HEAVIEST QUINTUPLETS IN MEDICAL HISTORY

Record ID: 496399

  • Title: BRAZIL: BRAZILIAN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH, AFTER FERTILITY TREATMENT, TO HEAVIEST QUINTUPLETS IN MEDICAL HISTORY
  • Date: 29th February 2000
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (FEBRUARY 29, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF QUINTUPLETS IN INCUBATORS (4 SHOTS) 0.28 2. VARIOUS OF BABIES' DOCTORS (2 SHOTS) 0.41 3. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) OBSTETRICIAN, ADALBERTO FERNANDES, SAYING "The babies were born with a gestation period of thirty one weeks, which is a record. There is no record of quintuplets arriving at that gestation age and another record was the weight of all the babies. They were born each weighing more than one kilogram." 0.57 4. SLV/CU:VARIOUS OF MOTHER OF QUINTUPLETS, ANA LUCIA DIAS DA COSTA (2 SHOTS) 1.08 5. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) MOTHER OF QUINTUPLETS, ANA LUCIA DIAS DA COSTA, SAYING "It is an emotional victory that has no comparison. It is a happiness that is five times greater, everything is multiplied by five." 1.25 6. SV: FATHER AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF BABIES PAN TO MOTHER 1.31 7. SLV: BABIES IN INCUBATOR 1.43 8. SCU: NURSE 1.48 9. CU: VITAL SIGNS MONITOR 1.54 10. CU: ARM REACHES FOR BABY 1.58 11. PAN: DOOR OF MOTHER'S ROOM 2.08 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th March 2000 12:00
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  • Location: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Reuters ID: LVAEXWF15IOO11EYCJ2LQZPG6A2
  • Story Text: A Brazilian housewife who underwent fertility
    treatment to get pregnant has given birth to what doctors are
    calling the heaviest quintuplets in history.

    The 31-year-old Ana Lucia Dias da Costa and her
    husband celebrated the birth of four boys and one girl, all
    weighing over 2.2 pounds (one kg) each.Together, the newborns
    weigh 12.8 pounds (5.8 kg).

    "The babies were born with a gestation period of 31 weeks,
    which is a record.There is no record of quintuplets arriving
    at that gestation age and another record was the weight of all
    the babies.They were born each weighing more than 1
    kilogram," said Dr.Adalberto Fernandes, who delivered the
    babies.

    International specialists have yet to confirm the
    conclusions made by local doctors.

    The quintuplets, who were born over the weekend, were two
    months premature.

    Costa, who was already a mother of two, resorted to
    fertility treatment to get pregnant for the third time.Many
    women have given birth to multiple babies after undergoing
    such treatments.

    "It is an emotional victory that has no comparison.It
    is a happiness that is five times greater, everything is
    multiplied by five," said Costa.

    A local diaper factory said it will donate 700 diapers a
    month for the infants.


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