A teenager of 14 years gave birth to triplets in the Minister Costa Cavalcanti Hospital in Foz do Iguaçu (PR) Brazil, Tuesday (20). The mother underwent a cesarean section in the seventh month of pregnancy. The Babies were born with 1.220 kilograms, 990 grams and 1.045 kilograms, respectively. Because they are premature, the children are in intensive care unit (ICU), but all are well.

According to maternity hospital, Melissa, Micaela and Mirela should stay in the ICU until they get at least two pounds each. The discovery of the triplet pregnancy occurred only in the fourth month of pregnancy.

“My mother got really shocked about the triplet pregnancy, on the other hand I was very happy about it” said the teenager. The grandmother of the triplets is 28 years old and also got pregnant at age 14. The great-grandmother is 47 years old and great great-grandmother is 72 years old.

Their father is 16 years old and should return from a trip to register their daughters. The family needs help to buy clothes for the babies and ask for, especially, the donation of diapers.

Another case in Minas Gerais

A family of farmers celebrated the birth of quadruplets in Belo Horizonte on Monday (12), which coincided with the Children’s Day. The couple, who already has five children, lives in rural Piranga (MG).

Who gave birth to the babies was a woman of 34 years. The three boys and one girl born at 33 weeks of pregnancy. The mother of the children discovered the pregnancy of the four children when she was in the third month of pregnancy. According to the hospital, she has not done any kind of fertility treatment.

The couple of farmers live in a house without electricity and no running water.