Malian mother's nonuplets face months in incubators, says clinic
Halima Cissé, 25, gave birth to nonuplets at a clinic in Morocco in an "extremely rare" case.
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Halima Cissé, 25, gave birth to nonuplets at a clinic in Morocco in an "extremely rare" case.
The soldier husband of Halma Cisse Arby, who gave birth to nine babies this week, is preparing for a joyful first meeting with his new children next week, saying: 'They are gifts from God!' In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, an ecstatic adjutant Kader Arby, 35, said: 'I can't wait to see my new children. 'I have been in constant touch with my wife, but I had to stay at our home in Mali to look after our other little daughter, who is just two years and five months.' Halma, 26, and her husband are shown in this exclusive set of wedding photos from the three-day long celebration they sh...
A 26-year-old Malian mother who gave birth to a record nine babies almost died from blood loss during the delivery, her doctors have revealed - as her proud husband said he 'can't wait to see my gifts from God'. Halima Cissé was struggling under the six stone weight of the children and amniotic fluid and suffered a haemorrhage of her uterine artery during the caesarean section, which took place 30 weeks into her pregnancy. A radiologist scrambled to stem the flow of blood as 18 nurses put the nonuplets into incubators. They are still on ventilators and will need another 12 more weeks in ...
news Malian woman's nine babies face months in care © Reuters A nurse takes care of one of the nonuplets in an incubator at the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca Nine babies born to a Malian woman will need to spend "two to three months" in incubators, a director of the clinic where they were born has said. Professor Youssef Alaoui of the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, Morocco, told the AFP news agency that the case was "extremely rare" and "exceptional". The mother, Halima Cisse, 25, and her nonuplets - five girls and four boys - are said to be doing well.