Poland reports birth of nation’s first sextuplets

A 29-year-old woman gave birth to six babies in Poland on Monday, in what is believed to be the country’s first-ever case of sextuplets. The mother and newborns were said to be doing well.

The babies, four of whom are girls, were born through cesarean section at a hospital in Krakow.

The babies were born in the pregnancy’s 29th week and their individual weights ranged from 31.40 ounces to 45.90 ounces, hospital spokeswoman Maria Wlodkowska said.

Only one in nearly 5 billion pregnancies leads to sextuplets.