<P> In 1997 , the McCaughey septuplets were born in Carlisle , Iowa . Multiple births of as many as eight babies have been born alive , the first set on record to the Chukwu family in Texas in 1998 ; one died and seven survived . In 2009 , a second set , the Suleman octuplets , were born in Bellflower , California . The most recent report that all were still alive shortly before their fifth birthday . </P>
<P> In 1997 , the McCaughey septuplets were born in Carlisle , Iowa . Multiple births of as many as eight babies have been born alive , the first set on record to the Chukwu family in Texas in 1998 ; one died and seven survived . In 2009 , a second set , the Suleman octuplets , were born in Bellflower , California . The most recent report that all were still alive shortly before their fifth birthday . </P>
who has had the most babies in one pregnancy
who has had the most babies in one pregnancy
eight
eight