The first German sextuplets for 20 years have been born in a clinic in the capital Berlin.
Independent specialists said that the four girls and two boys, who each weigh between 800 and 900 grams (1.8-2lb), were in a stable condition and had a good chance of survival.
The first confirmed case of sextuplets surviving past infancy was recorded in Cape Town in South Africa in 1974.
Although multiple births have become more common with the advent of hormone therapies and in vitro fertilisation,
sextuplets remain rare, occurring only in about one out of 4.5m pregnancies
The German babies were born prematurely at 27 weeks in Berlin's Charite clinic. The names and photos of the parents and the babies have yet to be released.
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