Lowcountry Couple Expecting Quintuplets

By: Barbara Herring | WSAV-TV
Published: January 02, 2008

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A Lowcountry couple is expecting a very special new year's surprise in 2008 -- quintuplets.

36-year-old Nancy Cantu and 24-year-old Juan Salvador Solis live on Lady's Island and are awaiting the bundles of joy sometime in the next few weeks.

The proud mother-to-be is a twin herself, which is a very common trait in those who have multiple births.

WSAV Lowcountry Reporter Holly Bounds will share their story with you tonight on NEWS 3 at 6.

And in case you were wondering, we decided to dig a little deeper to find out just how common multiple births are here in the United States. According to the CDC, in 2005 alone, there were: 133,122 sets of twins, 6,208 sets of triplets, 418 sets of quadruplets, and 68 sets of quintuplets or higher born in America.

For more interesting facts on multiple births in the U.S. and around the World you can log on to: http://www3.telus.net/tyee/multiples/index.html .