A 44-year-old woman, Mrs Susan Egenti has been trying to get pregnant for 16 years, but to no avail.
But in the spirit of a Christmas miracle, Mrs Susan gave birth to a set of quintuplets!
Her joy knew no bounds when she delivered quintuplets after 16 years of marriage.
She was delivered of the babies at the Federal Medical Centre, Jabi, Abuja.
Mrs Susan Egenti an indigene of Nando, in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State was delivered through a caesarean section on November 6, 2019.
The quintuplets, three boys and two girls were still in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital when Gistreel reporters visited them on Thursday afternoon.
According to the nurses, four of the babies were healthy at birth, however one of the babies was underweight.
Speaking to Daily Trust on Saturday on her hospital bed, Mrs Egenti said within her 16 years of marriage, she had taken all medical options (except IVF) to get a baby but to no avail until she had the quintuplets.
Mrs Egenti talked about making use of traditional/herbal remedies to conceive a child but it all resorted in a dead end.
She described the birth of her babies as an enormous blessing from God as it was her first and only pregnancy since she got married in 2003.
She said: “I have been married since 2003 with no children, not even to get pregnant and have a miscarriage. Every time we attend a child dedication either in our church or elsewhere, I always come home crying, praying for the day God will have mercy on me and grant me the fruit of the womb.”
She talked about the delivery of the quintuplets. According to her, the delivery was quite traumatic as she had to undergo two separate surgeries to stop the internal bleeding she suffered.
The second operation put her in a coma for five days.
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Mrs Susan who lives with her husband in a room self-contained apartment in Utako village says she sells plastic containers while her husband manages a small chemist at Jabi park.
According to her, she has spent all her meagre resources on medical expenses and as such, they are left with nothing to cater for the five children, calling on Government and philanthropic Nigerians to assist them.
Her husband, Mr Emmanuel Nnamdi Egenti, who also spoke to reporters at his one-bedroom accommodation in Utako village expressed joy over the birth of his quintuplets, saying even during their years of childlessness, they had never given up, but rather, put their hope in God, as there was nothing he could do.