Up Next, Learn about the McCaughey Septuplets

In the year 1996, the town of Des Moines, Iowa, made it to the national headlines. News spread like wildfire about the birth of seven siblings, and it wasn’t long before the septuplets became media sensations. Like the McGhee siblings, everyone was fascinated that they were a miraculous multi-birth case.

Statistics estimate that one out of 30 births results in twins, while triplets are the next most commonly reported case of multi-births. The chances of having more than four babies at one instance are low, but it increases if fertility treatment is involved. Unfortunately, the risk factor also increases with the more embryos a woman carries.