Halima Cissé
Halima Cissé (born 21 March, 1996) is the Malian mother to the world's only nonuplets that have survived birth.[1]
Cissé was born in the city of Timbuktu, located in Mali.[2] She is married to army officer[3] husband Adjudant Kader Arby with whom she had one daughter before her nonuplets.[4]
When she was 25 year old, doctors beleived that Cissé was pregnant with seven children.[4][2] On 30 March 2021,[1] interim president Bah Ndaw[4] instructed the Government of Mali to transport Cissé to Casablanca, Morocco on 30 March 2021 in order to give birth.[3]
Her nine nonuplets were born prematurely at 30 weeks, on 4 May 2021 by caesarean section and weighed between 500g and 1,000g.[2] Her children are four boys and five girls.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Most children delivered at a single birth to survive". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ a b c "Mother of world's only nonuplets on how she copes". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ a b c "Mali nonuplets in perfect health on first birthday - father". BBC News. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
- ^ a b c "Malian woman gives birth to nine babies". the Guardian. 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
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