“A medical rarity”. Assisted by a team of 25 doctors, a German woman gave birth to quintuplets
Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany, on September 6, 2025. PHOTO: Peter Engelke / imago stock and people / Profimedia
A German woman gave birth to quintuplets in a Berlin hospital. The Charité obstetrics hospital announced on Thursday that the five babies, three girls and two boys, were born at the end of September, writes the German news agency DPA.
The five children and their mother are doing well, and the newborns are already more than twice their birth weight, hospital representatives said in a statement.
“The birth of quintuplets is a medical rarity,” they added, according to Agerpres.
The birth of quintuplets is an extraordinary event even for the most experienced obstetricians, as well as a special logistical challenge, explained Wolfgang Henrich, the hospital's director.
An interdisciplinary team of 25 doctors attended the birth.
The five babies were born by caesarean section at the end of the 28th week of pregnancy.
“A birth like this requires a perfectly coordinated team of obstetricians, anaesthetists, neonatologists, midwives and specialized operating room nurses. We are glad that everything went smoothly and that mother and children are doing well,” added Wolfgang Henrich.
Charité Hospital representatives did not specify whether the babies' mother became pregnant through artificial insemination.
“We are happy to be able to hold our five children, healthy and safe, in our arms,” added the happy mother, quoted in the hospital's statement.
