Nonuplets is a case of multiple birth, in which the mother gives birth to nine offspring at one time.

There have been six (possibly seven) recorded cases of human nonuplet births and conceptions.

The Broderick set was born in Australia in 1972, five boys and four girls. None of them survived, baby Richard lived six days.

Unidentified sets were born in Pennsylvania (1972), England (1976), Bangladesh (1977) and Saudi Arabia (2002, to a Sudanese woman). None survived in these sets.

The other recorded set was in Malaysia in 1999, to Zurina Mat Saad. Her five boys and four girls were named Adam, Nuh, Idris, Soleh, Hud, Aishah, Khadijah, Fatimah and Umi Kalsom, but none survived more than 6 hours.

The possible set may have occurred in Italy in 1979, but it is unknown if this was a set of nonuplets, or the Chianese octuplets (eight babies) that were born the same year.

None of the sets of nonuplets were conceived spontaneously, all were achieved through fertility treatments.

References

• Woman expecting nonuplets
• Facts about multiples