A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday - two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb - joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets.
Woman Gives Birth to Nine Babies After Being Told to Expect Seven
On 5/5/21 at 7:37 AM EDT
A woman from the west African nation of Mali has given birth to nine babies nonuplets.
Halima Cisse, 25, delivered the five girls and four boys on Tuesday at a hospital in Morocco, according to Malian officials.
The Malian government said it had flown the woman to the north African state on March 30 so she could receive better care. Cisse was accompanied on the journey by a doctor, it added.
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The babies were delivered by caesarean section and are all reportedly in good health.