Woman From Mali Gives Birth to 9 Babies in Morocco After Expecting 7
A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies at once after expecting seven, according to Mali’s Minister of Health and the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born.
It appeared to be the first time on record that a woman had given birth to nine surviving babies at once. A Moroccan nurse takes care of one of the nine babies protected in an incubator at the maternity ward of the private clinic of Ain Borja in Casablanca, Morocco. (Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP Photo)
The five girls and four boys, and their mother, “are all doing well,” Mali’s health minister said in a statement.
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A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies at once - after expecting seven, according to Mali s Minister of Health and the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born.
It appeared to be the first time on record that a woman had given birth to nine surviving babies at once.
The five girls and four boys, and their mother, are all doing well, Mali s health minister said in a statement.
The mother, 25-year-old Halima Cisse, gave birth to the babies by cesarean section on Tuesday in Morocco after being sent there for special care, Mali s top health official announced.