MALI Set a world record for giving birth to 9 children on May 5, now after nearly 3 months, Halima Cisse's children are drinking 6 liters of milk, changing 100 diapers a day.
Halima Cisse, 26, became pregnant naturally and gave birth to nine children at the Ain Borja hospital in Casablanca, Morocco. The babies include 4 boys and 5 girls, weighing from 500 grams to 1 kg at birth. At birth, all must be in an incubator. Currently, the oldest baby weighs over 3 kg, the youngest is 1.5 kg. Although 3 babies are no longer in the incubator, the doctors here still keep all 9 children for at least 2 more months to receive the best care.
The image of 9 babies in a birth set a world record. Photo: Dailymail.
Halima's health gradually recovered. She went through a difficult pregnancy because she carried a pregnant belly weighing more than 30 kg. The process of giving birth made her almost die due to excessive blood loss. "Fortunately from the time I was born until now, I don't have to wake up in the middle of the night because the doctors and nurses have helped me all. I get a lot of sleep and rest. I feel lucky to be alive and get a lot of help," Halima shared. . She stayed in a separate room in the hospital, and was allowed to visit her child twice a day for 30 minutes each time to bond with her mother.
Halima is in Timbuktu in Mali - an impoverished country in West Africa, so Halima's birth is unlikely to be safe. Thanks to the intervention of Mali's President Bah Ndaw, she was transferred to Morocco. At first, she still believed that she had 7 babies, but in the process of giving birth, everyone "fell back" because she was pregnant with 9 children.
Professor Yousef Aloui, head of the operation team with 35 medical staff, said this was the most difficult case they had ever performed. Fortunately, now the health of 9 babies is progressing well.
Due to the restriction order to prevent Covid-19, Halima's husband, Kader Arby, 35 years old, was only allowed to visit Morocco on July 19 to visit his wife and children. "It's really amazing and indescribable, I can only thank God for keeping my wife and children alive," said Kader, a sailor in the Mali navy.
Kader and his wife with one of their children. Photo: Dailymail.
The couple got married in 2017 and already have a daughter. Mr. Kader admits taking care of his children in the future will be financially challenging. His family currently lives in a three-bedroom house and he plans to expand it to accommodate 10 children.
"There will be a lot of work to be done, but for now we just focus on taking care of the children and then taking them home. What I'm most worried about is not how many rooms or how much money the house has, but how for the good of his wife and children," Kader shared.
One of the 9 babies is the weakest in intensive care. Photo: AP.
He added the family is deeply moved by the help they have received. Many people have called, the authorities who contacted him expressed their joy. Because it was a special birth , the cost of caring for the nine babies - now more than $1.5 million - was covered by the Malian government.
