Quintuplet Birth in Guatemala · Global Voices
Gabriela García Calderón Orbe

Guatemalan media is reporting [es] a quintuplet birth in Guatemala City. The babies’ weight, three girls and two boys, is between one pound with 9 ounces and two pounds with 12 ounces, a weight to be expected as they were delivered on the 29th week of pregnancy. They were immediately admited in the high risk neontal ward. The mother, Maria Magdalena Jiménez, had had previous conceiving difficulties, so she went through a fertility treatment, with the result of this multiple pregnancy. The babies have stable health conditions, but are under medical observation.
On Twitter, the multiple delivery didn't go unnoticed:
Maria Magdalena Jiménez, de 28 años, la madre de los quintillizos. Es el segundo caso en 5 años en un hospital del Seguro Social.
— Rudy-to González (@rgonzalez_eu) Mayo 30, 2014
28 year old Maria Magdalena Jiménez, mother of quintuplets. This is the second case in 5 years at a Social Security hospital.
Ampliación: Maria Magdalena Jiménez 28 años, dio a luz a quintillizos, 3 nenas y 2 varones en IGSS de Pamplona Z.13. pic.twitter.com/ZjN9UQwOpB
— Victor Alvarez (@valvarez969) Mayo 30, 2014
Update: 28 year old Maria Magdalena Jiménez, delivered quintuplets, 3 girls and 2 boys at Pamplona IGSS Z.13.