Almost six months after their miraculous birth in Morocco, the nonuplets belonging to a Malian couple have been pictured together for the first time.
Halima Cisse and her partner Kayder Harby allowed the British news outlet, Daily Mail, exclusive access to the babies - four boys and five girls.
Halima told the outlet that all the kids were doing
Read full articlewell. "All of them are getting on very well, and are a joy to look after."
Names of the children
The baby girls are named: Adama, Oumou, Hawa, Kadidia, and Fatouma.
The boys are Oumar, Elhadji, Bah, Mohammed VI
Order of birth and weight at birth
The babies were born in the following order: Kadidia, 2kg840, Mohammed VI, 3kg315, Fatouma, 3kg130, Oumar, 2kg400, Hawa, 1kg585, Adama, 2kg720, Bah, 2kg900, Oumou, 2kg795, and El Hadji, 1kg870
The parents also indicated that the family is getting ready to return to Mali soon.
Halima Cisse's deliveries were done through Caesarean section. She was expected to give birth to seven babies based on the ultrasound scans done in Mali and Morocco that apparently did not detect the two extra babies.
Ms. Cisse’s pregnancy fascinated the West African nation and attracted the attention of its leaders – with authorities having flown her to Morocco when she needed specialist care, the Reuters news agency reported.
Main photo courtesy: Peter Allen of Daily Mail
She broke the previous world record set by 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman in 2009, who gave birth to eight babies
The babies were born in the following order: Kadidia, 2kg840, Mohammed VI, 3kg315, Fatouma, 3kg130, Oumar, 2kg400, Hawa, 1kg585, Adama, 2kg720, Bah, 2kg900, Oumou, 2kg795, and El Hadji, 1kg870
