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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