Council Chronicle

Monday, January 18, 2021
Log in
  • National News
  • Business & Economy
  • Technology
  • Science
  • Health
  • About CC
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy GDPR
    • Terms of Use

Pages

  • About Council Chronicle
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Terms of Use

Recent Posts

  • Former Wife of Prolific Arizona Serial Killer Speaks Up First Time after Scottsdale Suicide June 29, 2018
  • Indiana Couple Arrested After Authorities Discovered Cruel Punishment Device in Home June 28, 2018
  • Schizophrenic Oregon Man Who Was Seen Carrying His Mother’s Head Committed to Psychiatric Facility June 27, 2018
  • Texas Lawmen Looking for Four Suspect Who Tortured Child During Home Invasion June 27, 2018
  • Retirement Home Resident Reported Fake Fire to Draw In Firefighters and Shoot Them June 26, 2018
  • Arkansas Man Kills Wife, Sticks Body In Chest Freezer Before Committing Suicide June 26, 2018
  • West Virginia Man Arrested After He Tried to Baptize Family by Drowning Them in the Bathtub June 25, 2018

The Honolulu Quintuplets Spent their First Christmas at Home

December 26, 2015 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow

 

"girl"

The quintuplets born in Honolulu this October were released from the hospital just in time for   Christmas.

This October, quintuplets were born prematurely in a hospital in Honolulu. Contrary to what everybody expected, the Honolulu quintuplets spent their first Christmas at home, not in the hospital.

On October 10, one girl and four boys were born before expected and the doctors said that they would need to stay in the hospital for three months, until their lungs would be fully developed. On December 13, two of the babies were sent home and another one arrived on Monday. This Thursday though their family was finally complete, when the last two of the quintuplets were released from the hospital. According to Honolulu Star Advertiser, these are the first quintuplets to survive in Hawaii.

These are not the only children of the couple. The Dela Cruz family also has a two year old boy named Makaio. The boy was conceived with the help of in vitro fertilization. Some embryos were left by the couple for future children and in April they had two embryos transferred, in order to have another child. In the beginning they thought that they were going have twins. But then one of the two embryos split in half and later split in half again, which later formed four identical boys and one girl. And so the couple found out that the shocking news that five more babies were on the way. When they were born, the babies only weighed around 3 pounds each but they have grown since then and now weigh between 5 and 8 pounds.

The director of the neonatal care unit, Charles Neal, said that everybody in the prematurely born unit tried their best to ensure that the babies survive and develop normally. The couple said that the doctors and nurses are the mothers their babies knew until now.

Marcie and Ray DelA Cruz said that they didn’t expect this but that they feel blessed to have the five babies alive and healthy. The mother of six revealed that having Kapena, Kaolu,Kupono,Keahi and Kamalii home for Christmas is the best gift they could have gotten.

In 2005, the National Vital Statistics reported that 68 births of quintuplets occurred in the United States. The spontaneous conception of quintuplets is extremely rare, with 1 in 60 million births. Most quintuplet births result due to assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilization or fertility enhancing drugs. Quintuplets don’t always share the same birthday because of delayed interval delivery which can cause babies to be born from days to weeks apart.

As the Honolulu quintuplets spent their first Christmas at home, we can say that a Christmas miracle happened indeed.

Image Source: www.pixabay.com

 

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: born prematurely, Christmas at home, Honolulu Quintuplets

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 18 other subscribers

Recent Articles

ethics in dictionary highlighted

NIH Will Examine Ethical Problems of One of Their Studies

March 27, 2018 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

biomutant character

Eleven-Minutes Long Biomutant Trailer Prepares You for Amazing Gameplay and Mechanics

August 26, 2017 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

intime alibaba

Intime May Be Acquired By Its Founder And Alibaba

January 11, 2017 By Jesse Skelton Leave a Comment

Newborn baby

A Woman Gave Birth to Baby After Fertilizing Frozen Ovary

December 16, 2016 By Lee Raulin Leave a Comment

Parkes radio telescope

Hunting Aliens with Parkes Radio Telescope

November 11, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

man suffering from election season stress

Stressed Out? Here Are 7 Ways to Get Rid of Election Season Stress

October 19, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

Disney World wants to prevent fraud.

Disney World prevents fraud by scanning children’s fingers

September 8, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

artificial intelligence

How will the Artificial Intelligence will affect our life by 2030?

September 3, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

opera sync

Opera Sync resets passwords after it was hacked

August 30, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

viping

Why are teens viping – flavours or nicotine?

August 26, 2016 By Dustin Smith Leave a Comment

sex abuse

Doctors in sex abuse cases return to work. What happens with their victims?

August 25, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

affection

Affection or food – which is more important for a dog?

August 19, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

Chipotle restaurant

Chipotle to Open its First Burger Joint

July 30, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A Rolls Out Protein-Packed Grill Breakfast Sandwich

July 20, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • parasite

    Russian Woman Horrified to Find Out That She Had Parasite Crawling Under Her Skin

    Jun 22, 2018
  • wheelchair

    Birmingham Man Paralyzed From the Waist Down Minutes After Being Cleared by Hospital Staff

    Jun 19, 2018
  • emergency room

    Los Gatos ER Doc Suspended for Mocking Patient Suffering from Anxiety Attack

    Jun 18, 2018
  • soft and hard palate

    Mexico Man Gets Red Spot on Palate After Performing too Much Oral Sex

    Jun 15, 2018
  • Console gaming

    Extended Screen Time, Gaming Linked to Lack of Sleep and Depression in Teens, New Study Reveals

    Jun 6, 2018
  • surgery

    Welsh Woman Commits Suicide After Surgeon Removes Ovaries

    May 30, 2018
  • shower head

    Indian Man Rushed to Hospital With Shower Head in Rectum After Accidental Slip

    May 29, 2018
  • New Delhi Surgeon Suspended.

    New Delhi Surgeon Reprimanded After Operating on the Wrong Patient

    Apr 23, 2018
  • workplace with desks and computers and plants and one man working

    A Noisy Workplace Can Seemingly Lead to Health Problems (Study)

    Apr 10, 2018
  • UVA Health

    Thousands of Patients Records Exposed After Hacker Targets UVA Health Devices

    Feb 23, 2018

Categories

  • Breaking News
  • Business & Economy
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Technology
  • World News

Copyright © 2021 CouncilChronicle.com

About · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · Contact

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more.