A Malian woman gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco on Tuesday and all nine babies are "doing well", her government said, although Moroccan authorities had yet to confirm what would be an extremely rare case.
Malian Woman Who Gave Birth To 9 Babies Doing Well
05/05/21 AT 8:13 PM
A Malian woman who gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco is doing well and her nine babies are being treated in incubators because of their weight, the Moroccan clinic where she delivered said Wednesday.
Such a case of multiple births is extremely rare, it s exceptional , said Professor Youssef Alaoui, medical director of the Ain Borja clinic in the city of Casablanca.
The verified world record for the most living births is eight, born to an American woman, Nadya Suleman, nicknamed Octomum , in 2009 when she was 33.
Alaoui said the 25-year-old Malian mother, Halima Cisse, a woman from the north of the poor West African state, was doing well .
The government of Mali has disclosed that a 25-year-old woman has allegedly given birth to nine healthy babies.
The South African reports that Mali flew Halima Cisse to Morocco where she gave birth on Tuesday, 4 May so that she would receive better health care.
The paper, however, said the Moroccan government, is yet to confirm if she successfully carried all nine children to term.
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AFP had earlier reported that the Malian government flew the pregnant Cisse – who is from the north of the West African country – to Morocco on 30 March, to ensure she received better care. Initially, it was believed that Cisse was expecting seven babies.
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Updated May 6, 2021
One of nine babies kept in incubators, a day after the Malian woman at the clinic in the western Moroccan city of Casablanca delivered, on May 5, 2021. PHOTO: CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
A Malian woman who gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco is “doing well” and her nine babies are being treated in incubators because of their weight, the Moroccan clinic where she delivered said Wednesday.
Such a case of multiple births is “extremely rare, it’s exceptional”, said Professor Youssef Alaoui, medical director of the Ain Borja clinic in the city of Casablanca.
The verified world record for the most living births is eight, born to an American woman, Nadya Suleman, nicknamed “Octomum”, in 2009 when she was 33.