Lebanese woman gives birth to sextuplets

A Lebanese woman gave birth to sextuplets – four girls and two boys – at the suburban Al-Hayat Hospital today.

Doctors delivered the babies by Caesarean section 30 weeks into Soumaya Ghosson’s pregnancy.

The babies and mother are “doing fine,” said a hospital official.

The babies weigh between 1.1lbs and 2.4lbs. The girls were named Batool, Mariyam, Aya and Hitaf, while the boys were called Ali and Abdelrahman, the hospital official said.

The parents were not available for comment.