An Australian lesbian couple who beat odds of more than one in 60 million when they conceived quintuplets without IVF, have introduced their babies to the world in a magazine photo spread.

The two boys and three girls - named Noah, Charlie, Eireann, Evie and Abby - were born in Brisbane prematurely at 26 weeks on January 2, weighing between 830 grams and 905 grams, with a team of 25 hospital staff delivering them by caesarean.

Happiness fivefold ... Brisbane couple Melissa Keevers and Rosemary Nolan. Credit:Woman's Day

The two mums, Melissa Keevers and Rosemary Nolan, were not able to hold the quins for the first week as they were taken to intensive care and placed in separate incubators. Doctors have not yet given the couple a date when they can take the babies to their Brisbane home.

Ms Keevers, 27, who was inseminated with the sperm of a donor from the US, said in an interview with Woman's Day: ''After just having five babies it's hard to only be able to visit them and touch them through a hole in the crib.