Has Anyone Had Sextuplets Naturally?

Sextuplet births are extremely rare. One mother of sextuplets in Northern Ireland, who gave birth in 2009, said doctors advised her to abort several of the foetuses because of the risks of the multiple pregnancy.

Can you naturally have sextuplets?

Sextuplets occur naturally in one out of 4.5million pregnancies but fertility treatments have led to a rise in multiple births.

Can quintuplets happen naturally?

Quintuplets occur naturally in 1 in 55,000,000 births. The first quintuplets known to survive infancy were the identical female Canadian Dionne Quintuplets, born in 1934. Quintuplets are sometimes referred to as "quins" in the UK and "quints" in North America.