A South African woman is reported to have given birth to 10 babies in a single delivery, news that would see her break a world record set just last month by a mother in Mali if confirmed.
Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, said she had already been “shocked” after doctors told her she was expecting eight babies following an ultrasound.
So the Gauteng province resident was even more surprised when she ended up having 10 babies – two of which were missed during the scans, Pretoria News reported.
It comes a month after Malian mother Halima Cisse gave birth to nonuplets in a hospital in Morocco. Ms Cisse’s antenatal scans had also missed two infants, meaning she had expected seven babies.
The South African births have yet to be confirmed by either the government or Guinness World Records, though the latter said it was aware of the news and investigating.
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