Note: we are republishing this story which originally made the news in May 2013.
Guillermina and Fernando Garcia were keen on having babies, and with challenges conceiving, 34-year-old Guillermina opted to take fertility drugs.
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It worked! The couple was over the moon, until bruises began appearing on her belly.
To find the cause, doctors conducted an ultrasound, and that’s when the mystery was solved. Guillermina had five precious babies growing inside her.
“I was excited to see them and see that they were OK, that everything turned out normally,” she said.
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Despite developing high blood pressure and other medical concerns, she never complained. At 31-and-a-half weeks, a medical team of 40 brought the couple’s five babies into the world at the University of Utah hospital.
The couple was blessed with three girls and two boys – Esmeralda, Fatima, Marissa, Fernando, and Jordan – all born within two minutes of each other.
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“We feel like we’re dreaming,” Fernando Garcia said. “It’s incredible that we have five.”
Doctors stated that they were confident the babies would grow up healthy and strong.
Fernando, a welder, was told to take as much time off work as he needed.
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When asked about how they plan on taking care of their kids, Guillermina said, “I don’t know.”
Fernando, however, was more optimistic: “Now that they’re here, we’ll find a way. We’re through the hardest part.”
Sources: Life Buzz