2006-12-27 15:55:07 · 5 answers · asked by kahembree 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
The most common form of human multiple birth is twins (two babies), but cases of higher orders up to octuplets (eight babies) have all been recorded with all siblings being born alive. The largest set in which all members survived more than a few days is septuplets, the first of which was in 1997. The largest set to have even a single member survive is octuplets, in 1998 (with the seven surviving octuplets born in Texas).
There have been a few sets of nonuplets (nine) in which a few babies were born alive, though none lived longer than a few days. There have been cases of human pregnancy which started out with ten, eleven, twelve and fifteen fetuses, but no known instances of live births of such high multiples in a single pregnancy. Most of these pregnancies are a result of fertility medications, though a set of duodecaplets (twelve) was conceived spontaneously (without the aid of fertility treatments) in Argentina in 1992.
2006-12-27 15:59:35 · answer #1 · answered by parental unit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chukwu octuplets (born in December 1998 in Houston) were the first set of octuplets born in the United States. The smallest of the octuplets, Odera, died a week after birth.
2006-12-27 15:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by Tiff 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Birth Records Search Database : http://BirthRecords.neatprim.com
2016-03-11 22:43:25 · answer #3 · answered by Cora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's miraculous for even triplets to all survive. I think it was 8, though. And in many cases all babies or the mother does not survive.
2006-12-27 15:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by DiVenanzo™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all i've heard about were the mccaughey septuplets (7) born in 97 and all survived
2006-12-27 16:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by the_used_fan_0717 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋