Woman gives birth to sextuplets in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: A young woman has given birth to sextuplets (six babies), at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Rawalpindi.

Zeenat Bibi, delivered six babies through a surgery at the DHQ Hospital.

The mother and father Waheed, residents of Hazara Colony, are extremely delighted after the miraculous birth of sextuplets , four boys and two girls.

According to doctors, the birth weights of babies, who are in robust health, are normal and the mother is also doing well.

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The babies have been moved from the labor room to the nursery.

The babies will continue getting medical care until cleared to go home.

Sextuplets do not occur naturally, and there is one in 4.7 billion chance of having them.

Although the popularity of fertility drugs in recent years has increased the chance of such large multiple births, many doctors warn that they are best avoided.