(Columbia) - Friday at Palmetto Health Richland's Storks' Landing was a special day for two Columbia parents who gave birth to a healthy set of quintuplets.Hospital officials say Temekia Harris and Ivan Smith of Columbia became the proud parents of a set of boy quintuplets.Under the care of Doctor Anthony Gregg and Doctor Alfredo Gei with Maternal Fetal Medicine division at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Department of OB/GYN, the boys and their mother are recovering well.Born on July 27, at Palmetto Health Richland Stork's Landing, the quintuplets whose names are not final include:• Baby A, 2 pounds, 3.1 ounces, 13.5 inches long, born at 8:27 a.m.• Baby B, 2 pounds, 2.9 ounces, 13 inches long born at 8:27 a.m.• Baby C, 1 pound, 6 ounces, 11.75 inches long born at 8:28 a.m.• Baby D, 1 pound, 14 ounces, 13.75 inches long born at 8:28 a.m.• Baby E, 2 pounds, 6 ounces, 14 inches long, born at 8:29 a.m.Harris says the multiple births were not the result of fertility drugs. She has twin nephews, but says that's the only other multiple birth in her family.The couple also has two other boys, who are nine years old and nine months old.
Quintuplets Born at Palmetto Health Richland!
Friday at Palmetto Health Richland's Storks' Landing was a special day for two Columbia parents who gave birth to a healthy set of quintuplets.
