Minneapolis-St. Paul - Glee Club alum Heath Tille, and wife Angela, of River Falls, Wis., are now the proud parents of quintuplets. Angela gave birth to the five babies at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis on Friday, June 19. "Everyone's doing fine,'' said Heath, 31, shortly after the birth.

Angela and Heath welcomed four girls and a boy. Lauren Olivia, Brooklyn Elizabeth, Emma Nicole, Madeline Paige and Alex Michael Tille entered the world between 10:29 a.m. and 10:32 a.m. The doctor said mother and children are "all doing well."

Their weights ranged from 2 pounds, 1/2 ounce (Emma) to 2 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces (Brooklyn). The babies, born at 29 weeks' gestation, were transferred to the newborn intensive care unit at adjacent Children's Hospital.

Dr. William Block, one of the surgeons who delivered the babies, said four were on breathing tubes. They are expected to remain hospitalized for seven to eight weeks, which is routine in the case of infants born at this stage.
Angela Tille had been hospitalized at Abbott Hospital on bed rest since early April.

The Tilles also have a 19-month-old daughter, Meredith.

We congratulate Heath and Angela on their new arrivals, and wish them all the best (and plenty of sleep!) in their future.

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