A Nigerian businesswoman, Precious Ifeanyi, has welcomed a set of sextuplets after 13 years of childlessness.
Mrs Ifeanyi, who hails from Ohaozara Local Government Area delivered the babies on Monday, January 29, 2024, at the National Hospital, Abuja.
Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja, Mrs Ifeanyi said she had the babies, four girls and two boys, after undergoing In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF).
The first-time mother, who delivered the babies at 30 weeks through Caesarean Section, said she was actually expecting quintuplets, only to find out during delivery that there were six babies.
Recounting her experience, she said that she got married on 3 April 2010 like every other person and expected to start having babies immediately.
“However, since then it has not been easy. We expected children but they were not forthcoming; we went to many places and spent money but no results so we just accepted to wait for God’s time.
Speaking about the pregnancy, she said it was not easy, as it took a huge toll on her.
She said “I have been hearing about pregnancies before; I had two miscarriages, but this one, many things started happening from the second week.
“I knew this one was unique, so I was just enduring. The first three months was not funny, I had relief in the fourth month and after that, it was tedious and not easy at all.
“People who visited me about a month ago saw what I was going through. At a point, I was impatient to deliver so that I could rest.
“The last two weeks before delivery was the climax of it all, I could not sleep, sitting down, standing, and lying down were all not easy.
“However I was encouraged by Dr Bello. The last week he encouraged me to go another week before delivering the babies and I am glad I did because we did not even know that there was an extra baby.”
The sextuplet mother said she could hear the doctors, while performing the CS saying It’s like there is another one and actually there was.”
Mrs Ifeanyi advised other women in the situation she was in before to trust God as there is nothing He cannot do.
She, however, said that the family needs assistance to take care of the children.
“I need assistance because when we saw the results for the first time, we did not know it would be this number, we know the number of children we asked God for but He gave us six.
“Please we need assistance both financially and otherwise,” she said.
Meanwhile, Mrs Ifeanyi said her husband is also happy to receive the babies, as doctors keep watch and continue to observe the babies.
