Mom in Texas gives birth to quintuplets

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Michelle Seals has given birth to four daughters and one son on Tuesday
Was the first set of quintuplets to be born at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, Texas

PUBLISHED: 13:54 EST, 19 March 2014 | UPDATED: 14:15 EST, 19 March 2014

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A mother in Texas has given birth to quintuplets at a Dallas hospital and while all are said to be in good health, some remain without a name.

Michelle Seals of Maud, a town in the Northeast corner of the state, had the four girls and one boy Tuesday afternoon at Baylor University Medical Center via cesarean section.

The children's grandmother, Carole Pearce, says her daughter and all five babies are doing well.

Happy and healthy: Michelle Seals, seen here in February after being put on bedrest, has now given birth to quintuplets on Tuesday at Baylor University hospital in Dallas

And five makes eight: Michelle and Steven Seals already have a 2-year-old boy and now have another boy and four girls

Mrs Seal was ordered on bedrest as of her 25th week of pregnancy at the end of February, and she told KLTV that feeling her babies move inside her was one of the highlights.

'I love it, it's the best part about being pregnant is feeling them move- except for the one that's in my ribs,' she joked.

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Officials at Baylor University Medical Center declined to immediately provide details of the births, saying a hospital statement would be released later Wednesday.

It was a historic birth as KTLA reports that this is the first time the hospital hosted a quintuplet birth.

Different places: Michelle was confined to bedrest at the hospital in Dallas for more than two weeks ahead of the birth while her husband stayed at their home with their son, 200 miles away

Happy: Mrs Seals implied that the couple had problems conceiving in the past, prompting them to be treated with unspecified fertility drugs

Steven Seals says he and his wife have names picked out for the quintuplets but will have to decide what name fits which baby.

'It's happiness, it's fearfulness and I'm scared to death,' Mr Seal said ahead of the birth.

The Seals also have a 2-year-old son.

Without going into specifics, Mrs Seal suggested that the multiple birth was a result of previous fertility work.

Final additions: The couple have been married since 2006 and said that after the quintuplets, they will not be having any more children

'The problems I've had in the past, I had to take medicine and it just worked really, really well and we got five out of it,' she told KTLA in February.

'But one thing about it is we'll have four girls to help up when we're older.'

Mr Seals works at the Red River Army Depot and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2004. Mrs Seals, who works as a first grade teacher, attended the University of North Texas and the couple married in December 2006.

The Texarkana Gazette reports that their family was at the university hospital awaiting the birth, with both grandmothers as well as the quintuplet's great-grandmother.

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Valerina, San Diego, 1 hour ago

Girls; Mia, Tessa, Gracie and Rayleigh. The boy is named Brant.

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Shelly Kurowski, Hamilton, Canada, 2 hours ago

I have enjoyed following your blog for several months. You and your family truly are blessed :)

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Bootsie, New York, United States, 2 hours ago

Give them all a name that begins with the same letter as the first born son, that way he will feel included. A middle initial will differentiate them from each other and will be better for monograms/individuality.

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icsheeple, Melbourne, Australia, 3 hours ago

Daddy does not look very happy. And this is Texas. I hope no harm befalls those kids.

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That is me, in the center, United States, 3 hours ago

"But one thing about it is we'll have four girls to help up when we're older." Why they can't ask the boys to help out? WTH? Sexist much?

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icsheeple, Melbourne, Australia, 3 hours ago

What do you expect. It's Texas.

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kf, South Carolina, USA, 4 hours ago

Congrats to them. They look like a sweet family!

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Dakota, Scotland UK, 4 hours ago

Hard work but very exciting! Good luck to them all.

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T Dowden, North East Texas, United States, 4 hours ago

Some of you people are heartless and have no clue!! This family are my friends and I can tell you that they are honest, hardworking and God-fearing!!! It saddens me that we live in such a cynical word...

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NYC_Nooners, NYC, 7 hours ago

While I wish this family the best for their future, these high multiple births by fertility treatments needs to stop... Start limiting the number of eggs/embryos transferred...

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Econ, Upstate NY, United States, 5 hours ago

I completely agree with you. In light of what happened with Crazy Octomom and the Gosslins I think this issue of " mega multiples" should be addressed. It needs to become a f medical ethics topic because with advances in medicine , most of these tiny babies are surviving. I think it was the belief when IVF began that you transferred so many as insurance because there was a high loss rate. But not anymore. No, we can't tell women how many babies they are allowed to have BUT doctors SHOULD have limits of, say 3 placed on each IVF attempt. If the attempt is successful the couple should agree to not have any more transfers ( up to a given number ) . The point being...NO MORE LITTERS.

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Infertile Myrtle, Amsterdam, United States, 5 hours ago

I doubt this happened with IVF. She most likely took something like Chlomid, which stimulates the ovaries to produce more eggs. Responsible doctors will monitor the number of follicles produced and advise the couple against sex if there are too many produced. Many of them will also require you to sign a contract promising to selectively reduce in the case too many are produced. She and her spouse either ignored that instruiction, or their doctor didn't monitor her, or an accident happened. Doctors rarely transfer more than 2.