Gosiame Sithole, 37, claims to have given birth to 10 children in South Africa
She was today appealing for donations of nappies, baby formula and cash
Sithole claims she is relying on elderly mother-in-law to help raise the brood
Officials said they are aware of the case and will send a social worker tomorrow to try and confirm what would be a record live birth
The Moroccan clinic where the infants were delivered last month, and are being treated, also said on Wednesday that they were breathing without assistance and had put on weight.
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Malian mum Halma Cisse gave birth to a record nine babies (Image: Groupe AKDital Holding)
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Tiny nonuplets born in Morocco have a fight ahead, hospital says
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Halima Cisse, a 25-year-old Malian woman who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco on Tuesday, is in good health. Her nonuplets, five girls and four boys, have a way to go, according to Youssef Alaoui, the medical director of Casablanca’s Ain Borja clinic, where the babies were born.
“There is still work to do because they are very premature,” Alaoui told CNN. “They need to gain weight, they need to breastfeed. There are lots of problems waiting for us.”
The babies were born weighing between 1.1 and 2.4 pounds, after a pregnancy of just 30 weeks. Five were hooked up to ventilators immediately after their birth via C-section.