The Obstetrics Department of Mansoura University Hospital in Daqahlia witnessed the birth of sextuplets on Wednesday, four girls and two boys.
The babies were were born during the seventh month of pregnancy via a caesarean.The females weighted 600 gms, 700 gms, 800 gms and 900 gms, while the males weighted 500 gms and 750 gms.
The mother, Randa Mostafa Ahmed, 25, who has been married for four years and has a three-year-old daughter, had been on ovulation stimulants for one year before pregnancy, causing the large number of fetuses.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
