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This Mali mom joins an exclusive club of women who've given birth to 9 babies

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The nonuplets will be incubated for a few months. (PHOTO: Getty Images / Gallo Images)
The nonuplets will be incubated for a few months. (PHOTO: Getty Images / Gallo Images)

The couple thought they were well prepared for the arrival of their bumper brood. 

They had seven of everything – cots, bottles, dummies, prams, tiny clothes and fleecy blankets – and although it seemed daunting at times, they were ready.

On 4 May, Halima Cissé was wheeled into the operating theatre to deliver her septuplets via C-section – but what happened next made world news and stunned Halima, her husband, Kader Arby, and the team of medical professionals.

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