Woman From Mali Gives Birth to 9 Babies in Morocco After Expecting 7

Woman From Mali Gives Birth to 9 Babies in Morocco After Expecting 7
A Moroccan nurse takes care of one of the nine babies protected in an incubator at the maternity ward of the private clinic of Ain Borja in Casablanca, Morocco. Abdeljalil Bounhar/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies at once—after expecting seven, according to Mali’s Minister of Health and the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born.

It appeared to be the first time on record that a woman had given birth to nine surviving babies at once.