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Anju Kushwaha, 28, from the Satna district of central Madhya Pradesh province, went into labor at just 12 weeks on Sunday evening and was rushed to hospital with her husband Sanjay.
However during the 77mile (125k) journey the expectant mother gave birth to nine children, all of them stillborn, before arriving at the hospital.
Dr. SK Pathak, assistant superintendent of Sanjay Ghandi Memorial hospital, told Times of India: 'She delivered nine of them midway. Obstetric and NICU team at our hospital helped her to deliver the 10th one in the operation theatre - all were born dead at almost 12 weeks.'
Mrs. Kushwaha was experiencing an extreme form of a condition known as multifetal pregnancy, which usually produces twins.
Multifetal pregnancy occurs either when a single sperm and single egg combine, but then split into two embryos, forming identical twins who will share identical DNA.
Mrs. Kushwaha has been confirmed as receiving fertility treatment. Dr. Sumitra Yadav, a senior gynecologist, added: 'It seems that that there was no regular follow-up of her pregnancy after IVF. At least three offspring could have been saved by reducing the pregnancy.'
If the pregnancy is confirmed it will mark the most babies in a womb in India, and the second highest in the world.
In 1971 a doctor in Rome claimed to have delivered 15 children at one time, though all of them were also dead.
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