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Lesbian couple expecting quintuplets in Australia
Oct 5, 2010, 10:56 GMT
Sydney - A lesbian couple have beaten odds of one in 60 million and are expecting quintuplets in December without the aid of in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
Melissa Keevers, 27, and Rosemary Nolan, 21, told Australia's Woman's Day magazine Tuesday that the sperm came from the same US donor that allowed the birth of their first child.
Nolan gave birth to Lilly a year ago.
'It took me a long time to get my head round what was happening,' a happily pregnant Keevers said. 'But now I've come to terms with it, I'm excited.'
Keevers and Nolan, a couple for two years, found the biological father through an internet site in the US. He will never see the children and signed away any rights to them.
Quintuplets are rare without the use of IVF.
The Brisbane pair met when Nolan was on holiday from Ireland. She told the magazine that her father back in Ireland despaired of having grandchildren.
'So I proved him wrong,' she said. 'Two ladies and six babies.'
The young couple have family in Australia and Ireland who are supportive.
'People don't know whether to congratulate us or commiserate,' Nolan said. 'But we think it's a miracle and couldn't be happier.'
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