Party of five: Quintuplets bring couple joy, teach lesson in patience

Published: 2007-11-02

OLATHE, Kan. (CNS) -- It takes a village to raise a child. When Kate and David Brooks found out they were expecting for the second time, they had no idea how true those words would become for their family. Shortly thereafter, the couple found out that Kate was carrying not one, but five babies. Quintuplets." It was shocking, numbing, and exciting all at once," said Kate. "The first two weeks after we found out about the pregnancy were overwhelming. I kept thinking, 'What am I going to do?'" The options given to the Brookses, who were already parents to 1-year-old Mallory, were to reduce the pregnancy to two or three babies, terminate the entire pregnancy or carry the pregnancy as it was to term. The doctors gave them a few weeks to make a decision. Kate said one Sunday at church she just knew the answer." This is what I'm supposed to do. I'm supposed to be a mom of six kids," she said. "This is my mission."

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