Nurses takes care of one of the nine babies protected in an incubator.Photo: Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP/Shutterstock
A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies at once — two more than what doctors previously expected, according to Mali’s top health official.
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Cisse was first admitted to a hospital in Mali’s capital of Bamako, but was transferred to a Moroccan clinic on March 30 after an ultrasound showed that she was expecting seven babies and needed special care for her unique situation.
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Cisse gave birth prematurely at 30 weeks and is now in stable condition after experiencing heavy bleeding, for which she was given a blood transfusion, according to Alaoui.
Alaoui told that AP that as far as he was aware, Cisse had not used any fertility treatments.
A spokesperson for Guinness World Records did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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