A young Malian mother, Halima Cissé, has broken the Guinness World Records after giving birth to nine healthy children at the same time.

Halima Cissé and her husband, Abdelkader Arby, welcomed the nonuplets on May 4th, 2021.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, doctors had expected Halima to give birth to seven children, but two more babies were found when she was taken to the Ain Borja Clinic in Morocco for specialized treatment.

The Nonuplets were born prematurely through a cesarean section in the 30th week of Halima’s pregnancy.

The babies include five girls and four boys and their names are Adama, Oumou, Hawa, Kadidia, Fatouma, Oumar, Elhadji, Bah, and Mohammed VI.

According to the father, caring for them was a lot of work, he said;

“They all have different characters. Some are quiet, while others make more noise and cry a lot. Some want to be picked up all the time. They are all very different, which is entirely normal. It’s a lot of work but Allah, who gave us this blessing, will help us in their upbringing and taking care of them.”

The parents already had a 3-year-old daughter before the birth of the nonuplets.

According to Guinness World Records, Halima Cissé’s nonuplets are the first known case of a woman giving birth to nine children together.

The mother received support from the Malian government, which also requested that she be flown to Morocco during her pregnancy.