Woman Gives Birth to 9 Babies at a Time
Halima Cisse from Mali, Africa created a world record by giving birth to 9 babies at one time.
Halima Cisse is a 25 year old woman from Mali, Africa was pregnant, and was expecting seven babies. The doctors in Mali received orders from the government, and they sent Ms. Cisse toMorocco for the births, since the hospitals in Mali are not equipped to provide the special care for such a case of multiple pregnancy. When Ms. Cisse started experiencing labor birth pains, the doctor ordered a caesarean delivery. However, instead of 7 babies she gave birth to 9 babies. There were 5 girls and 4 boys. This is the first time that a mother has given birth to 9 babies at a time. The babies weighed between 500grams to 1kg. Mali’s Health Minister said that the mother, and babies are all doing well. They are being given special care. Ms. Cisse has not used any fertility treatment and these babies were conceived naturally.
Nadya Suleman is an American, who holds the current world record for giving the most living births at once. She gave birth to 8 children in 2009. Now Halima Cisse has beaten her record. Yacoub Khalaf is a professor at King's College London said that there are many dangers involved with such multiple births. The mother was at risk of losing her uterus or even her life. The babies could suffer physical and mental handicaps.
