A couple's family grew much bigger after Jamie Ferrante gave birth to quintuplets yesterday at Staten Island University Hospital. The Staten Island Advance reports, "The children -- in order of birth -- are: Allesia Louise, 2 pounds; Amanda Frances, 1 pound, 8 ounces; Emily Ann, 2 pounds, 1 ounce; Matthew Sabatino, 2 pounds, 4 1/2 ounces; and Ella Lilliana, 1 pound, 15 1/2 ounces." Ferrante, who used fertility treatments and delivered by C-section, said, "Once I'd seen them in the neonatal nursery, that's when it was real, and it was like, 'Oh my God.' I don't know what I'm going to do when I get home." But she added, "In the beginning, we thought we were having four, and then they found another one, so we kind of laughed it off. What's one more?" Her ecstatic dad said, "I've got eight grandchildren ... and in 10 minutes, I've got 13 grandchildren. It's incredible. Now we need to try somehow to get them help. We need to call the Pampers people, or Gerber food, or something. I love it."
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