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This is believed to be the first known case of a woman giving birth to nine live babies.
Five girls, four boys and their mother are feeling fine, Mali’s Ministry of Health said.
The mother of nine, Halimai Cisse, 25, underwent a cesarean section in Morocco on Tuesday. The woman was sent to a clinic in Morocco because she needed special care, the Malian Ministry of Health said.
On Wednesday, journalists from the AP news agency saw several of these newborns lying in incubators at a private clinic in Casablanca. Neonatal doctors regularly monitor the condition of newborns.
Mr. Cisse was thought to be expecting a seven. Malian doctors sent a woman to give birth to Morocco on government order because hospitals in Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world, did not have the proper equipment and facilities to provide the necessary care during a multiple pregnancy. so exceptional.
Youssef Alaoui, director of the Casablanca clinic, told Moroccan state television that Malian doctors had contacted them about a month and a half ago. They weren’t expecting a nine, said the head of the clinic.
Cesarean section for H. cisse was performed at week 30 of pregnancy. The mother’s condition, who had to transfuse blood due to heavy bleeding, is now stable, Alaoui said.
According to him, after H. Cisse felt the contractions, it was decided to perform a cesarean section. The newborns weighed between 500 g and one kilogram.
The authors of the Guinness Book of World Records said in an email sent to the AP news agency on Wednesday that eight babies born and surviving one birth are considered a record, adding verification information on nine in Morocco.
The current record belongs to American Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to an eight in 2009. Six boys and two girls were born prematurely but healthy in all other respects.
Alaoui told the AP news agency that, to his knowledge, Cisse had not been treated for infertility. The Malian Ministry of Health has not provided further information on Ms Cisse’s pregnancy and delivery.
Yacoub Khalaf, professor of reproductive medicine at the Royal College of London, said such multiple pregnancies would be unlikely without infertility treatment, adding that they were very risky.
“There was a very high risk that the mother would lose her uterus or her life,” she said, adding: “Babies can have physical or mental disabilities and there is an extremely high risk of cerebral palsy.”
Mr. Khalaf called for more attention around the world to be paid to monitoring infertility treatment and the risks and costs associated with these multiple pregnancies.
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