For the first time since 2011, sextuplets were born in Alabama on Monday. This is the first set of sextuplets to be born at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children, hospital officials said.

Dr. David L. Rushing of the Clinic for Women delivered the Waldrop sextuplets by Cesarean section with help from a team of about 40 labor and delivery nurses, neonatologists, anesthesiologists, neonatal ICU nurses, neonatal nurse practitioners and surgical assistants Monday.

The three boys and three girls were born to Albertville couple Eric and Courtney Waldrop at just under 30 weeks' gestation. The babies' weight ranged from 2 pounds, 4 ounces to 2 pounds, 14 ounces.

Hospital officials said the babies are all in good condition, but will require several weeks of specialized care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before going home with their parents.

Courtney Waldrop is expected to be released from the hospital "in the coming days," officials said.

Waldrop sextuplets are the first set of sextuplets born in the state outside of Birmingham and only the second set of sextuplets recorded born in Alabama.

"Our obstetrics and neonatal teams have been preparing for this delivery for months. The level of detailed planning and coordination is truly impressive," said Paul Lucas, vice president of Women and Children services. "While we're honored to be part of each of our patients' deliveries, we're especially proud to have the physician specialties and hospital services needed to safely deliver the Waldrop sextuplets."

Hospital officials said the team designated to help deliver the Waldrop sextuplets held "multiple drills" to practice the delivery and first minutes of the babies' lives.

Most recent data shows there were just 24 quintuplet or sextuplet deliveries out of 3.9 million total births nationwide in 2015. The only other surviving sextuplets born in the United States were delivered in May in Richmond, Virginia.

Hospital officials said the Waldrop family will be featured in a TLC documentary set to air in 2018. Part of the documentary was filmed at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children.

The documentary will feature every aspect of the Waldrop's journey, including Courtney's high-risk pregnancy and the family's adjustment to becoming a family of 11.

The Waldrops have three other children including 5-year-old twin boys.