Editing Multiple birth (section)

===Very high-order multiple births===
In 1997, the [[McCaughey septuplets]], born in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], became the first septuplets known to survive infancy.  The first surviving set of octuplets on record are the [[Suleman octuplets]], born in 2009 in [[Bellflower, California]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 January 2009 |title=US woman gives birth to octuplets |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7852623.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090127213838/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7852623.stm |archive-date=27 January 2009 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=26 January 2009 |title=Octuplets born in Bellflower |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/a-mother-has-gi.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220201234/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/a-mother-has-gi.html |archive-date=2014-12-20 |newspaper=[[LA Times]]}}</ref> In 2019, all 8 children celebrated their 10th birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2019 |title=Octomum - Natalie Suleman's octuplets turn 10 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGynPlkvrWs |website=Sunday Night}}</ref> Multiple births of as many as 9 babies have been born alive; In May 2021, the Cissé nonuplets were born in [[Morocco]] to [[Halima Cissé]], a 25-year-old woman from [[Mali]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Akinwotu |first=Emmanuel |date=5 May 2021 |title=Malian woman gives birth to nine babies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/05/mali-woman-has-given-birth-to-nine-babies-says-health-ministry |work=The Guardian}}</ref> {{As of|May 2023}},<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-04 |title=Record-breaking nonuplets celebrate their second birthday |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/05/08/mali-record-breaking-nonuplets-celebrate-their-second-birthday// |access-date=2024-01-31 |work=africanews |language=en-GB}}</ref> two years since their births, all 9 are still living and reportedly in good health.

The [[list of multiple births]] covers notable examples.