NEW LIFE! The two boys and two girls of lucky Eva Bediako
Mrs Eva Bediako, a 38-year-old teacher from Sunyani, has successfully delivered quadruplets at the Del International Hospital and Fertility Centre through a cesarean section.
The babies, two boys and two girls, were said to be in good condition and stable after the cesarean operation in the early hours of Friday, March 22, 2013, after a successful In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF).
The two boys, Bentle Agyemang Bediako and Bernard Agyemang Bediako weighed 2.3 kilogrammes and 1.9 kilogrammes while the two girls, Perpetual Agyemang Bediako and Precious Agyemang Bediako, also weighed 2.1 kilogrammes and 1.7 kilogrammes respectively.
Dr Philip Aning-Kufour, an Obstetrician, Gynecologist and IVF specialist, who conducted the operation with assistance from Dr Thelma Apratwum and three midwives, said the operation was successful without any complications.
Eva Bediako with the quadruplets at the hospital yesterday
He said the operation was conducted successfully within a little over an hour, adding that the first baby was delivered at 2:55am followed by the second at 2:56 am and the third and fourth babies at 2:57am and 2:59am respectively.
“The babies were safely delivered and there was no problem,” he said.
Dr William Obeng, a pediatrician who attended to the babies when they were delivered, said, “The day I saw them, all four were stable and so they did not need incubators.”
Mrs Bediako, the proud mother of the quadruplets, said she had for the last 17 years battled with infertility until she was advised to seek medical help at the Del International hospital at East Legon in Accra through a friend’s advice.
She said she had been put on medication since February until she finally conceived and was admitted three months to her time of delivery, adding that she did not experience any complications during the period of pregnancy.
“I was expecting twins but the scan showed I had triplets and now I have got a bonus,”she said.
Dr Benjamin Minneaux, embryologist, said five fertilised embryos were successfully planted, out of which four developed into babies.
Alberta Doe, the elated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, said the hospital had had 34 IVF cases of which 17 had been successful since its introduction a year ago.
She, however, said the safe delivery of the quadruplets was the first and highest in the history of the hospital since its establishment in June 2011.
Posts
