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Nonuplets: Why Halima Cissé’s Ultrasound sessions show Seven children instead of Nine

By Guardian Exclusive
19 May 2021   |   2:46 pm
A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies in what could become a world record. Halima Cissé had been expecting to have seven newborns: Ultrasound sessions had failed to spot two of her babies.

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