The Walking Egg Medical and Fertility Centre at Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region has successfully delivered quadruplets through intrauterine insemination (IUI), a rare occurrence in assisted reproductive technology.
The delivery was performed by the centre’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Nana Yaw Osei, who explained that multiple births of this scale are uncommon with IUI because doctors cannot control how many embryos implant, unlike in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The surrogate mother, aged 30, experienced a smooth pregnancy and delivered two boys and two girls at 36 weeks as a precaution.
All four babies were assessed by paediatricians and found to be healthy, each weighing over two kilogrammes. Dr Osei said the decision to carry all four foetuses was guided by ethical and religious considerations, with no foetal reduction undertaken.
He also highlighted the broader significance of assisted reproductive technology in Ghana, noting its potential to offer hope to families facing infertility, while stressing the importance of ethical, cultural and privacy safeguards in surrogacy arrangements.