PHOTOS: Woman Gives Birth To Sextuplets After Trying To Conceive For 17 Years

A Virginia hospital says its staff has successfully delivered sextuplets and the three boys and three girls are thriving, FOX news reports.

VCU Medical Center in Richmond announced the births in a statement Wednesday, saying they were the first sextuplets delivered at the hospital.

The babies were born May 11 to parents who had tried to conceive for 17 years.The statement says a 40-person team was involved and the delivery required hours of planning. Ajibola Taiwo, a native of Nigeria, gave birth via cesarean section.