Lesbian couple in Oz beat 60 million-to-one odds to have quintuplets
March 8th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANILondon, Mar 8 (ANI): A lesbian couple in Australia has entered the record books after they became the proud parents of quintuplets.
Melissa Keevers, 27, had conceived the five babies through the help of a US sperm donor, and her chances of becoming pregnant with quintuplets without the aid of IVF have been estimated at 60 million to one.
Keevers and Rosemary Nolan, 22, already have a child born through IVF, 18-month-old Lily, and the two boys and three girls have now become part of the family.
Keevers, who gave birth to Charlie, Noah, Eireann, Evie and Abby, told Australia’s Woman’s Day magazine that in the days leading up to the births she spent three days in the birthing suite.
“They wouldn’t let me leave in case it happened,” the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.
Irish-born partner Nolan, who met Keevers after arriving in Australia from Waterford in 2008, said she was not prepared for their birth.
“I was running around like a headless chicken! I was in shock thinking it was actually going to happen,” she revealed.
The women, who live in Brisbane, admit that they are going to need a team of volunteers to help them raise the children in the first few months and years.
The quintuplets’ father is a 27-year-old dark-haired law student with good teeth and eyesight and a high IQ. He waived all rights to meet the children. (ANI)
- Oz lesbian couple beat odds of 1 in 60m by conceiving quintuplets - Oct 05, 2010
- Australian lesbian couple blessed with five babies - Oct 05, 2010
- Houston Woman Gives Birth To Healthy Quintuplets - Aug 05, 2010
- Indian surrogacy brings twin delights to Australian couple - Jan 08, 2012
- Texas woman gives birth to six babies - Apr 24, 2012
- Sperm drought in Victoria prompts calls to ease restrictions on imports - Feb 20, 2011
- India becoming a designer baby factory: Author Kishwar Desai (With Image) - May 31, 2012
- In Brazil, baby's head accidentally torn off during delivery - May 20, 2012
- IVF children more likely to develop cancer - Jul 21, 2010
- Growing number of single professional women having babies alone: Expert - Feb 27, 2011
- 57-yr-old Indian-origin woman gives birth to twins Down Under! - Nov 07, 2010
- Tweaking IVF can influence baby's sex - Sep 29, 2010
- Stress, hectic lifestyle raises IVF demand - Sep 03, 2011
- Lowry Dairsley's 3 children born at 7:43 - Jan 24, 2011
- Oz soldiers freeze sperm for wives, girlfriends in case they're killed - Feb 27, 2011
Tags: 60 million, abby, births, daily mail, eyesight, headless chicken, high iq, ivf, lesbian couple, lily, million to one, noah, nolan, proud parents, record books, rosemary, spent three, three girls, two boys, waterford