Nonuplets: Woman From Mali Gives Birth To 9 Babies
A woman who had eight babies in the US in 2009 holds the Guinness World Record for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive. A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies, two more than doctors had detected during scans. Halima Cissé gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. Mali's government flew her there for specialist care.” I’m thrilled, "My wife and the babies [five girls and four boys are doing well."
Two sets of nonuplets have previously been recorded, one born to a woman in Australia in 1971 and another to a woman in Malaysia in 1999 - but none of the babies survived more than a few days. Fanta Siby, Mali's health minister, congratulated the medical teams in Mali and Morocco for the "happy outcome".team of 10 doctors and 25 paramedics had assisted in delivering the premature babies. They weighed between 500g and 1kg (1.1lb and 2.2lb) and would be kept in incubators "for two to three months", he said.
Doctors in the West African nation had been concerned for her welfare and the chances of the babies' survival, so the government intervened. After a two week stay in a hospital in Mali's capital, Bamako, the decision was made to move Ms Cissé to Morocco on 30 March, Dr Siby said.1After five weeks at the Moroccan clinic, she gave birth by Caesarean section on Tuesday, the minister said.
Her husband, Adjutants Kader Arby, is still in Mali with the couple's older daughter. Still, he says he has been in constant touch with his wife in Morocco and is not worried about the family's future.” God gave us these children. He is the one to decide what will happen to them. I'm not worried about that. When the almighty does something, he knows why," he told BBC Afrique. Everybody called me! Everybody called! The Malian authorities called, expressing their joy. I thank them… Even the president called me."
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