Mom Thinks She's Pregnant With 7 Babies, Doctors Shocked When They Sees the Delivery

DailyDose
DailyDose
Oct 11, 2026

Halima Cissé, a 25-year-old mother from Timbuktu, Mali, discovers during a routine ultrasound that she is expecting seven babies. Faced with the serious risks of such an extraordinary pregnancy, she travels to Casablanca, Morocco, for specialist medical care, leaving her husband and young daughter behind.

After weeks of hospital monitoring, Halima undergoes an emergency C-section on May 4, 2021. But as doctors deliver the babies, they discover something nobody expected: there are nine newborns instead of seven. The delivery becomes even more frightening when Halima suffers a severe hemorrhage and several of the premature babies require intensive medical support.

Follow Halima and her husband Abdelkader's emotional journey as they face an extraordinary birth, the uncertainty of neonatal intensive care, and the challenge of welcoming nine children into their family. Their story is a remarkable account of family, faith, medical teamwork, and hope.