Dong Thap woman gives birth to quadruplets

Tran Thi Tinh (31) from Lai Vung district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has given birth to four baby girls in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tu Du hospital.

Tran Thi Tinh (31) from Lai Vung district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has given birth to four baby girls in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tu Du hospital.

Tran Thi Tinh (31) from the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap has given birth to four baby girls in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tu Du hospital.

The babies weighed from 1.2kg to 1.7kg and were taken out by doctors in an operation.

Previously, the woman conceived naturally and discovered she was going to have four children.

On June 25, she was moved from the Dong Thap General hospital to Tu Du hospital having preeclampsia at her 32nd week.

Dr Le Thi Cam Giang at the hospital’s neonatology department said the four newborns are being taken care of and being treated with bili lights to prevent jaundice. The four can breathe by themselves and drink milk from a bottle.

Previously, Tinh had given birth to a 12-year old son and a 6-year old daughter.