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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.
Mali’s government flew 25-year-old Halima Cisse, a woman from the northern part of the West African state, to Morocco for better care on March 30. She was initially believed to have been carrying septuplets.
Cases of women successfully carrying septuplets to term are rare; nonuplets, even rarer.
Moroccan health ministry spokesman Rachid Koudhari said he had no knowledge of such a multiple birth having taken place in one of the country’s hospitals.
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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.
Mali’s government flew 25-year-old Halima Cisse, a woman from the north of the poor West African state, to Morocco for better care on March 30. She was initially believed to have been carrying septuplets, reports AFP.
Cases of women successfully carrying septuplets to term are rare – and nonuplets even rarer.
Moroccan health ministry spokesman Rachid Koudhari said he had no knowledge of such a multiple birth having taken place in one of the country’s hospitals.
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 .
Shocking: Mali Woman Gives Birth to 9 Babies
May 05, 2021
By Naadiya Adams
In an exceptionally rare occurrence, a Malian woman has given birth to nonuplets (nine babies) who are believed to be “doing well” according to the Malian government.
25-year-old Halima Cisse was flown to Morrocco on March 30 by the Malian government where she would receive better care, she was believed to be carrying septuplets at the time.
Cases of women successfully carrying septuplets to term are rare and nonuplets are virtually unseen.
The Morrocan government has yet to make an announcement regarding the birth but Mali’s Ministry of Health released a statement that Cisse had given birth to five girls and four boys by Caesarean section.