A woman in Northern Ireland has given birth to six babies. The sextuplets were delivered by caesarean section at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. It was the first recorded birth of sextuplets – four girls and two boys. The babies were delivered by caesarean section, were 14 weeks premature. The babies, weighing between 1Ib 7oz and 2lb and 2oz had been conceived naturally without the aid of IVF. The team at the hospital had been preparing for the delivery for a number of weeks and said that it was a day they had been looking forward to with a mixture of trepidation and excitement.