Quintuplets, including four girls and one boy, were born in maternity hospital in Yerevan in the early hours of Wednesday.
The parents, a couple from Metsamor (Armavir region), say they are shocked but at the same time pleasantly surprised for the rare gift of nature.
Doctors initially told the couple that they were going to have triplets. “As we went for an ultra-sound examination a few days later, we were told they were quintuplets,” said Vardan Karapetyan, the father.
The family have no other children.
The infants, delivered by Ceasarian section, weigh on average 950g. The smallest weighed 950g at birth.