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The birth rate is getting lower and lower, but two days ago, there is a family with my twins in their arms.

It is also medically meaningful that four babies were delivered by vaginal delivery rather than cesarean section.



This is from Yoo Seung-hyeon, medical reporter.



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Mother Douree Park and her father, Hwan Kim, have dreamed of becoming single parents even before they got married.



[Park Du-ree / Mother of four twins: I was like 10 siblings in my father's era.

I like to gather a lot and like that.]



After giving birth to my first child last year, I tried an in vitro procedure to have a second, but there was not one life in the stomach.



[Kim Hwan/Father of quadruplets: When we got a house, I thought they would be twins, but after about two weeks, I found out that they were triplets.

The last one was found 2-3 weeks later.]


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The first and second were identical female twins, and the third and fourth were identical male twins.



Her mother was always careful as she was pregnant with four children.



And the children who filled the last 24 days, 31 weeks and 6 days finally met the world.



[Jeon Jong-gwan/Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Seoul National University Hospital: Even textbooks recommend surgery for triplets or more, but the mother wants a natural childbirth, so I thought that she could give birth safely based on her experience.]



All children weigh 1.5kg He was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit because it was only inside and out, but he is in good health.



Five twins were born last year by cesarean section for the first time in 34 years.



[Doo-Ree Park / Mother of four twins: (After natural childbirth) In a day or two, the activity starts right away.

I also know that natural birth is good for children.]



Last year, there were around 500 children born with triplets or more in Korea.



The number of multiple births is expected to increase due to infertility treatment, etc., but the medical staff emphasized that healthy and safe childbirth should be considered as the top priority when choosing between caesarean section and natural childbirth.



(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, Video editing: Choi Hye-young)