The fab five: Couple give birth to healthy quintuplets - despite being told to abort

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | November 15, 2007 | FIONA BARTON

[rintense]

She and her husband conceived the quintuplets after taking fertility drugs.

Regardless, good for them for keeping all those beautiful children.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I thank God that the mama and papa were strong in their convictions and did not kill any of their daughters. Faith, hope, and love to them all!

Hooray⁵!

[Alamo-Girl]

Praise God!!! I join in prayer for this whole family!

[Constantine XIII]

prayer bump

[Stoat]

UPDATE

RussiaToday Features Mum flees Russia to give birth to five

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Andrey Akopyan, the Director of the Centre for Human Reproduction in Moscow says that the "number of cases of pregnancies with several foetuses and deliveries of twins and triplets has increased significantly starting from the 1980s when they started using IVF [In vitro fertilisation] treatment".

In the late 1990s, he explains, "many countries such as the Benelux and Scandinavia started implementing legal restrictions on a number of foetuses to be carried, limiting them to two or three".

"The purpose of medical treatment was to deliver one healthy child. Twins are allowed, even though in other countries it means a large stress on a woman that could lead to health consequences, and even death. Moreover, it is bad for the embryos," Akopyan says.