Title says it all, haha! I was just wondering (out of curiosity).
Yes, it does happen. The [name_f]Dionne[/name_f] Quintuplets were born in [name_f]May[/name_f] 1934 here in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] and they were conceived naturally. They were identical as well (one egg split five times).
Yes, I know one set of triplets who were conceived without fertility treatments.
I would imagine the higher numbers of multiples are incredibly rare though.
I came here to say the [name_f]Dionne[/name_f] Quintuplets! And can we talk about those gorgeous names!
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f], [name_f]Annette[/name_f], [name_f]Cecile[/name_f], [name_f]Emilie[/name_f] & [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
They were celebrities because it was so unheard of. Consider all of the decades that having 6 children wasn’t at all surprising, even at that time it was unheard of. Possible, yes, but extremely rare.
Yes, it is possible. My mom has triplet cousins that are turning 70 this year. I’ve also met a set of triplets born in rural Guatemala, in an area with very limited access to medical care, so it’s doubtful the mom was taking fertility treatments.
Yup, but I know even natural triplets are very rare (1 in 2000 live births, I’ve heard).
Most definitely possible 
I actually know two sets of naturally occurring triplets. In one case, the mom had two sons (each singletons) and then triplet boys. Surprise! She now has five boys under the age of five. In the other, the mom had six older children, ranging from teens on down, then had triplet girls. She is now pregnant again, with number ten- just one this time. Multiple births are more common in older moms, so that might have something to with it. I have heard that multiples are more likely after several pregnancies, but I am not sure if that is true. I do not personally know anyone with multiples of higher order than triplets, but it does happen. In 2009 a woman in Belfast had naturally occurring sextuplets.
Okay, I read that as “give birth” to triplets, quads, quints, etc! As others have said, it’s definitely possible to conceive higher order multiples naturally, but it’s very rare. My cousins are actually naturally occurring triplets (born in 1990). The highest number of babies ever conceived and delivered (without IVF) is quintuplets, I think, whereas, with IVF, it’s nonuplets (delivered twice, all babies died). As for “give birth”, again, it’s possible (several sets of higher order multiples were born in the days before caesareans), but not very safe. My cousins were born via caesarean.
Have you seen the episode of Friends where [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] is having the triplets and she’s going to deliver naturally and they’re in the hospital and can’t find a doctor? I almost wet myself laughing at that recently because, if a woman was having triplets naturally, there’d be a hundred doctors in the room!
It is possible to have triplets vaginally, though this woman did end up getting induced:
Vaginal Hospital Birth of TRIPLETS | Birth Without Fear
(The photos of this mama’s belly are terrifying and amazing!)
It’s not always safer to have a c-section, those carry risks of their own.
Absolutely. I recently met a naturally conceived set of quadruplets. As far as I know it’s not possible to naturally conceive anything more than quintuplets, and even that is shockingly rare.
ETA: I’ve come across a few sets of triplets while doing genealogy research and photographing cemeteries. I remember seeing a set born in the 1870s, but the poor little souls didn’t live longer than a day.
[name_f]Lois[/name_f]- loved that link- thanks for sharing it.
This site lists 1 in 8,100 chance of having triplets naturally (30% of triplets born are naturally conceived): Multiples in pregnancy - twins triplets quads identical and fraternal development information - Baby2see.com
Conceiving and carrying to term/birth are two different things. I think conceiving triplets may be more common than people think, but one or more babies does not survive - much like a “vanishing twin” where you would not even know you were ever carrying twins because the second baby was absorbed /stopped developing so early in the pregnancy that no symptoms occurred.
Our youngest two started off in the womb as 3. So yes, I naturally conceived triplets. We only know this was a potential triplet pregnancy because I had a very early ultrasound (6.5 wks) because I have high risk pregnancies/maternal issues. We saw 3 babies, but only 1 heartbeat. Two weeks later, we saw 2 babies and 2 heartbeats. The triplet had been reabsorbed as we suspected may happen. If my pregnancy history was normal and I didn’t have that ultrasound, we would have had no idea.
yes, but the higher the number the greater the risk that some or all of them do not survive to term or very long after birth
yeah, of course it can happen.
I know someone who is a triplet, he and his brothers were born naturally and the parents didn’t get any help to get pregnant either.
I have an acquaintance with a 5 year old girl. She and her husband decided to try for “just one more” in hopes of adding a little brother to the family and they naturally conceived triplet girls. Surprise. =]
My grandma was a triplet her and her brothers were born nearly 60 years ago, so no medical help there. I don’t know how close to full-term they were but they all were born living…one of the boys died years later from an accident though 
Yes, in an old family graveyard a distant cousin of mine had triplets that she named: [name_u]Ollie[/name_u], [name_f]Mollie[/name_f], and [name_f]Pollie[/name_f]. From the dates, it seems they either all died at birth or shortly after 
Yes, like pp said, it can happen but it is very rare.
A guy I graduated high school with had triplet brothers who graduated a few years later. They were born in the early 80’s and conceived naturally, I cannot imagine his mom having a 3 year old and then triplets, yikes!