Surrogate Mom Delivers Quints

A woman who agreed to be a surrogate mother for a childless couple gave birth Tuesday — to five boys.

"She's doing really good. She's happy. She's crying," Craig Fischer, a spokesman for Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, said of Teresa Anderson.

The boys — named Enrique, Jorge, Gabriel, Victor and Javier — were doing well, Fischer said.

The genetic parents of the boys, Luisa Gonzalez and Enrique Moreno, visited with Anderson shortly after the Caesarean section.

One of the boys was being taken to Phoenix Children's Hospital because he was born with a heart defect that will require surgery.

The babies were born in the 33rd week of Anderson's pregnancy, a week earlier than planned. A full-term pregnancy is 40 weeks.

Anderson, 25, and her husband, Jared, have two children. She previously gave birth to two others who were given up for adoption.

She agreed to the surrogacy to earn $15,000, but after discovering that all five embryos were developing, the Andersons declined to accept any payment from Gonzalez and Moreno because of the expenses the couple will face.

Anderson's obstetrician, Dr. John Elliott, said previously he had found no other instance of a surrogate mother carrying quintuplets.

Five embryos were implanted to increase the chances that at least one would be successful.