Naturally conceived quintuplets born in Czech Republic for first time
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Twenty three-year-old Alexandra Kinova from Milovice smiles as she waits for the delivery of quintuplets at Prague's maternity hospital in Podoli Wednesday, May 29, 2013. (AP Photo,CTK/Stanislav Zbynek)
A 23-year-old Czech woman has given birth to quintuplets for the first time in the Czech Republic.
Officials at Prague's Institute for the Care of Mother and Child say four boys - Deniel, Michael, Alex and Martin - and a girl - Terezka - were born by cesarean section on Sunday.
Zbynek Stranak, chief doctor at the neonatal section of the institute says the birth took place "without any complications."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Stranak says that Alexandra Kinova and her five babies have been placed at an intensive care unit. He says the babies who were naturally conceived have a 95-percent chance to grow up healthy.
The father was present at the birth.
Kinova who is from Milovice, a town located northeast of Prague, already had a son.