The South African Gosiame Thamara Sithole (37) officially expected eightlings. But with the caesarean section, the big surprise follows: ten babies were in her stomach.
“There are seven boys and three girls,” said Teboho Tsotetsi, the husband, to the “Pretoria News”. His wife had given birth early, she was “seven months and seven days pregnant”.
The joy about the children is huge. “I am happy. I am emotional. I have no words », says the husband. The South African is already the mother of twins (6). She now has twelve children.
Before giving birth, the 37-year-old told the newspaper that initially only six babies were seen on the scans. When it became clear that eight babies were actually growing inside her, it was the first big surprise.
“Children remained in the womb without complications”
The mother was worried, the pregnancy difficult. And she was afraid for her unborn children. «How would they fit in the womb? Would they survive? What if they came out together on the head, in the stomach or on the hands? What would happen? I asked myself all these questions until the doctor assured me that my uterus would expand inside. “
The record birth went without complications. And the 37-year-old is just grateful. “God worked a miracle.”
First december birth in the world
Sithole, who is from Ekurhuleni, says her pregnancy was perfectly natural. There was no fertility treatment. If this is confirmed, Sithole’s december birth would be the first known birth of ten babies.
The current record holder is Halima Cisse, the woman from Mali gave birth to nine babies in Morocco last month. A spokesman for “Guiness World Records” said of “The Post”: “We are aware of the news that Gosiame Thamara Sithole has given birth to tenlings, and we send our congratulations and best wishes to the family.”
And further: “At the moment we still have to verify this as a record, but the well-being of the mother and the babies has top priority.”
Where are the babies
However, there are also doubts about the tenling birth in South Africa. The government was surprised and asked for clarification after the newspaper “Pretoria News” reported it in an exclusive story, citing the husband.
An independent review of the information provided by the newspaper belonging to the IOL media group was initially not possible. The head of the state communications agency GCIS, Phumla Williams, wrote on the short message service Twitter that her department had spent Tuesday looking for the woman and the babies in vain.
The mayor of the city of Ekuhurleni, in which the township named by the newspaper is located, made a similar statement and asked the media group to provide specific information about this family. (euc / SDA / jmh)