Perth quintuplets: Kim Tucci gives birth to five babies

 Perth quintuplets: Kim Tucci gives birth to five babies

They're going to need a bigger car. Or a mini-van.
Perth's quintuplet mum Kim Tucci, 26, has done it, giving birth to five babies at King Edward Memorial Hospital on Thursday morning in a superhuman effort, instantly going from mum-of-three to mum-of-eight.

Just 30 weeks in to her amazing pregnancy, WAtoday broke the news that Ms Tucci and her husband Vaughn safely welcomed the arrival of a new boy, named Keith, and four sisters - Ali, Penelope, Tiffany and Beatrix at 8.20am.

The party of five all arrived in a matter of minutes at KEMH, where a team of specialists will support Ms Tucci until she is discharged.

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WAtoday first reported the news the Perth mum of three was expecting quintuplets late last year after she began documenting her incredible journey on her Facebook blog 'Surprised by Five'.
Photographer Erin Elizabeth then shot some amazing images of Ms Tucci pregnant at 25 weeks on a Perth beach.

Kim Tucci before the birth. Photo: Erin Elizabeth Photography

Last week she wrote about how she was going to the toilet 12 times a night and having to eat 6000 calories a day.
Ms Tucci kept her 170,000+ followers up to date on her pregnancy through the blog, where she recently wrote about her struggles as pregnancy neared on January 17.
"It's getting harder as each day passes to push through the pain, every part of my body aches and sleeping is becoming very painful. No amount of pillows are helping support my back and belly. Sometimes I get so upset that I just want to throw my hands up and give in!" she wrote.
"Mummy guilt has kicked up a level! I'm trying to get through all the pain just on Panadol alone if I can help it, I can't bare the thought of any drugs passing through to my babies. Sometimes my pelvis becomes so stiff I can barely walk and my hips feel like they are grinding away constantly.
"I'm finding it hard to eat as I basically have no room left in my stomach and the way it is positioned it's pushed all the way back with the babies leaning against it. During a Quintuplet pregnancy Its recommended that I be taking in 6000 calories a day!! I'm struggling to eat and force feed myself leaving me with reflux for hours. I can't tolerate a lot of dairy and I can't keep protein drinks down, I'm starting to loose weight when I really need to be gaining it.

My skin on my belly is so stretched its painful and hot to touch, it literally feels like I have hives!! No amount of cream helps relieve the discomfort. I have a lot of stretch marks now, dealing with such a huge change in my body is hard. My husband always reminds me I should wear my stripes with pride and that I should be proud of them and what my body has achieved. Without him I would have broken down along time ago ❤ people always ask how am I so calm about everything, he is my reason."Is it all worth it? Yes!!!! I will keep pushing through."
Already a mother to Kurt, nine (from a previous relationship) and Aiva, four, and Indiana, two, with her husband, Ms Tucci decided to try for one more as she wanted to have a boy with her husband.
"We'd always wanted three kids. Vaughn was happy with any gender, but I really wanted a boy for him," Kim previously said.
She fell pregnant with quintuplets naturally in late July, the odds of which are one in 60 million.
But the superhuman effort of giving birth to five babies within a few minutes will soon need to be superseded when Ms Tucci heads home, where an army of random people from around Perth have offered to join a roster to provide practical support for her, her husband and their newborn miracles.
Ms Tucci said she and her husband were thrilled with the arrival of "our five beautiful babies ... just shy of 30 weeks".
Writing on her blog from KEMH on Friday, Mrs Tucci thanked Dr Jan Dickinson "for looking after me and the babies with such love and care".
"I was very lucky to have an amazing medical team supporting me," she posted.
"Thank you for giving me an exceptional birth!
"The babies and I are both doing very well, thank you for all your well wishes and support."
Since 1980, there have been two other sets of quintuplets born in Western Australia.

"My skin on my belly is so stretched its painful and hot to touch, it literally feels like I have hives!! No amount of cream helps relieve the discomfort. I have a lot of stretch marks now, dealing with such a huge change in my body is hard. My husband always reminds me I should wear my stripes with pride and that I should be proud of them and what my body has achieved. Without him I would have broken down along time ago ❤ people always ask how am I so calm about everything, he is my reason.
"Is it all worth it? Yes!!!! I will keep pushing through."
Already a mother to Kurt, nine (from a previous relationship) and Aiva, four, and Indiana, two, with her husband, Ms Tucci decided to try for one more as she wanted to have a boy with her husband.
"We'd always wanted three kids. Vaughn was happy with any gender, but I really wanted a boy for him," Kim previously said.
She fell pregnant with quintuplets naturally in late July, the odds of which are one in 60 million.
But the superhuman effort of giving birth to five babies within a few minutes will soon need to be superseded when Ms Tucci heads home, where an army of random people from around Perth have offered to join a roster to provide practical support for her, her husband and their newborn miracles.
Ms Tucci said she and her husband were thrilled with the arrival of "our five beautiful babies ... just shy of 30 weeks".
Writing on her blog from KEMH on Friday, Mrs Tucci thanked Dr Jan Dickinson "for looking after me and the babies with such love and care".
"I was very lucky to have an amazing medical team supporting me," she posted.
"Thank you for giving me an exceptional birth!
"The babies and I are both doing very well, thank you for all your well wishes and support."
Since 1980, there have been two other sets of quintuplets born in Western Australia.