West Africa Case: 26-Year-Old Woman Created World Record by Giving Birth to 9 Children

A 26-year-old woman has created a world record by giving birth to 9 children in Morocco. Helima Sisse, a resident of the West African country of Mali, was delivered on 5 May. Doctors had expressed the possibility of only 50 percent of the children being alive, but all the children are healthy. 9 children born together are called nonuplets. There are 5 girls and 4 boys among them.

Halima and her 35-year-old husband Kader Arbe are delighted to have nine children. Helima says, after knowing the number of children, went to Morocco for better medical facilities and the delivery took place on 5 May.

The staff of 35 people made the delivery together

According to the report, in the 25th week, the woman was brought to the hospital in Morocco. Here the woman had a pre-mature delivery. In this, 10 doctors and paramedical staff of 25 people together got the delivery done.

Helima says, before delivery, the weight of the stomach had increased up to 29 kg. So cesarean delivery was done and there were some problems with it. There was weakness due to heavy blood loss. Now recovery is happening. The babies weighed between 500 g and 1 kg at birth. Therefore all the babies born were placed in the neonatal ICU.

The world's first 'nonuplets' to survive'

• 9 children have been delivered together before this too, but after some time all of them died. This is the first such case in the world when all 9 children i.e. nonuplets are healthy.
• The first case of birth of 9 children was reported in Australia in 1971. All 9 babies died in the first week after birth. The second case was reported in Malaysia in 1999. When everyone had died only after delivery.
• A spokesman for the Guinness Book of Records said, "The matter has not been verified yet because the health of the mother and child is our priority."
• Prior to Helima, a woman named Nadya Suleiman had made a record of giving birth to 8 children in 2009.

A team of 35 people is taking care of 9 children

A team of 35 people is taking care of all the 9 children, says Helima. Helima's house in Timbuktu, Mali, has 3 bedrooms. Helima's husband works as a sailor in the Navy. Mali's government is preparing a bill to care for families that cost more than Rs 7.25 crore.

Helima named her 4 boys – Mohammed, Bah, Al Hadji, and Omar. At the same time, the names of the 5 girls are Hawa, Aadma, Fatoma, Oumou, and Kadidia.

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