Sad: Mother who gave birth to sextuplets loses 2 girls to infections (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo

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A Pakistani  mother who gave birth to sextuplets sometime last week has lost two of her babies as a result of infections.

Before the deaths of the babies, doctors had said the sextuplets and their mother were healthy and in good condition after their birth on Friday.

The woman who gave birth to four girls and two boys lost two girls which left her devastated to hear the news of their death.

Daily Mail reports:

The woman gave birth to four girls and two boys at the hospital in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The woman gave birth to four girls and two boys at the hospital in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

But today Abdur Rahman Wazir, the father of the infants, confirmed two girls had died due to a severe infection.

Wazir told a local Pakistani newspaper: ‘We had decided to celebrate the birth of six children but God took two of our babies from us.’

The name of the mother has not been revealed owing to strict local customs, which restrict naming of females in public.

Today Abdur Rahman Wazir, the father of the infants, confirmed two girls had died due to a severe infection

Today Abdur Rahman Wazir, the father of the infants, confirmed two girls had died due to a severe infection

But Wazir, who is a tribesman from Datta Khel in Pakistan’s volatile North Waziristan province, said the other four babies are ‘doing fine’.

ONE IN EVERY 4.5 MILLION PREGNANCIES 

The odds of having sextuplets are extremely low, with one occurring in every 4.5 million pregnancies.

But many end in miscarriages and, even if the babies defy the odds, the mortality rate is high. In more than 90 per cent of sextuplet births, one or more will die before their first birthday.

Wazir’s wife had given birth to six babies, two boys and four girls at a private clinic in Bannu city.

She had attended a clinic for a routine check-up, but later went into labour.

The infants were then shifted to the Combined Military Hospital, where they were found to be underweight and subsequently put on incubators.

However, doctors at the military hospital said the mother was healthy and in a stable condition.

‘We are devastated by the fact that two infants could not make it. The other four babies are doing very well,’ a gynaecologist told local reporters.

‘We are still monitoring their condition. The mother is also recuperating very well. But she is in shock for having lost two babies.’

Wazir, who is a tribesman from Datta Khel in Pakistan's volatile North Waziristan province, said the other four babies are 'doing fine'

Wazir, who is a tribesman from Datta Khel in Pakistan’s volatile North Waziristan province, said the other four babies are ‘doing fine’

 

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