Pete and Jenny Ferrill of Danville visit, hold their five newborns

ST. LOUIS – On Friday morning, Jenny Ferrill held one of her newborn quintuplets for the first time.

"For me, it was just very special to see her interact with her new babies," said her husband, Pete Ferrill, who was by her side through the birth, through their first night as parents in a St. Louis hospital and again Friday morning, holding her hand and wheeling her around as they saw each baby, one at a time, in their separate hospital rooms.

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