An Oxfordshire mother has given birth to six babies. Just one in 4.5 million pregnancies ends in the birth of sextuplets. The babies are currently in intensive care after being born prematurely at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital. The 31 year old woman gave birth to four girls and two boys 14 weeks early at 11.05pm last Friday.
The babies range in weight from 1.3lbs to 1.9lbs and are all in the hospital’s specialist neo-natal intensive care unit. The delivery had been planned several weeks in advance and a large team of doctors and nurses were present when the woman gave birth and involved with the immediate care of the babies.The mother is reported to be recovering well. It is not known if she conceived the babies naturally or as a result of fertility treatment.