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25 Year-Old Woman Gives Birth to 9 Babies at Once
A 25-year-old woman in Mali identified as Halima Cisse has given birth to nine babies making history as one of the few women in the world to deliver nonuplets.
A 25-year-old woman in Mali identified as Halima Cisse has given birth to nine babies making history as one of the few women in the world to deliver nonuplets.
Malian Ministry of Health disclosed that Halima Cisse gave birth to five girls and four boys through the cesarean section
According to a statement by the Ministry of Health in the West African country, Halima was expected to give birth to seven babies, but an ultrasound did not detect two more babies in her womb.
The 25-year-old had been under the watchful eyes of doctors in Bamako for two weeks but was transferred to Morocco for specialized care under the orders of interim President Bah Ndaw
Mali Health Minister Fanta Siby said the proud mother and her children were doing well and would return home in several weeks’ time.
Woman gives birth to 9 babies: "The newborns (five girls and four boys) and the mother are all doing well," Mali's health minister, Fanta Siby, said in a statement.
— amanda meade (@meadea) May 4, 2021
Une malienne de la ville de Tombouctou a accouché 9 nouveau-nés au Maroc ce mardi 4 mai.
La jeune malienne du nom de Halima Cissé a donnée de naissance, par césarienne, à cinq filles et quatre garçons.
Les bébés et la mére se portent bien, selon le ministère de la santé Malienne pic.twitter.com/zxcIkbqvc6— Mbonitegeka YHWH yirʾe?? (@mjehovaj) May 5, 2021