The "five blessings" have been named Naif, Ammar, Munzir, Nazira and Ansar - The BBC

A woman in Ethiopia has given birth to rare quintuplets, four boys and one girl, after trying to have a baby for 12 years, the BBC has reported.

The woman, identified as Bedriya Adem, said she and her husband were “overjoyed” to be “blessed with five children at once”.

According to the BBC, the 35-year-old delivered the babies at Hiwot Fana Specialised Hospital in Ethiopia’s Harari Regional State.

The hospital said the four boys and one girl are in “full health”.

Hospital medical director Dr Mohammed Nur Abdulahi said the mother and babies remain under medical care at the facility. The babies each weighed between 1.3 and 1.4kg.

He told the BBC that newborns who weigh more than one kilogram have a high chance of survival and healthy growth.

Dr Abdulahi also said Bedriya conceived naturally without the aid of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), which the hospital does not offer.

IVF can increase the chances of multiple births when more than one embryo is transferred.