The most babies born at once and surviving is nine (nonuplets) to Halima Cissé from Mali in 2021, a Guinness World Record, though reports of ten (decuplets) to Gosiame Thamara Sithole in South Africa that same year are unconfirmed by Guinness World Records, while the earliest recorded nonuplets in 1971 in Australia tragically did not survive infancy, notes Wikipedia.
Halima Cissé from Mali has set a Guinness World Record by giving birth to nine healthy babies - five girls and four boys, the most children born at once to survive. The nonuplets were delivered via C section in Morocco, where she had been flown for specialized high risk care.
No one is thought to have ever given birth to 12 babies before. In January, American Nadya Suleman gave birth to the world's longest surviving octuplets, conceived through IVF.
In 2021, Halima Cissé and Abdelkader Arby from Mali 🇲🇱 made history by giving birth to nine children at once. Today, their record-breaking nonuplets are turning FOUR. The nine siblings made history as the first known set of nonuplets to survive birth, and they've been thriving ever since.
A daisy baby is another name for babies with TTTS. The Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Foundation coined the term after its founder planted daisy seeds with her surviving twin son in their backyard. The daisy field is a symbol of hope that all babies affected by TTTS will survive.
The newborn 5-5-5 rule is a postpartum guideline for new mothers to focus on healing and bonding in the first 15 days home, dividing rest into 5 days in bed, followed by 5 days on the bed, and then 5 days near the bed, encouraging minimal chores, visitors, and activity to prioritize recovery from childbirth and establishing the new family unit, drawing on traditional postpartum rest practices.
They are the first known nonuplets — meaning nine children born at once — to survive birth.
The parents for obvious reasons (Elzire Dionne barely spoke English) were fighting so as the quints would speak French as their first lan guage. For them, attempts to make the girls primarily English speakers meant that they were cut off from the very roots of their culture, religion and values.
Her name is Halima Cissé. She gave birth to her 9 children at the age of 25. Halima and her husband, Abdelkader Arby, welcomed five girls and four boys in 2021. The babies were delivered by cesarean section Their 9 children are the first recorded instance of nonuplets surviving birth.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov told French media earlier this year that he has more than 100 kids around the world, mostly from babies conceived through his sperm donations.
Other pregnancy loss-related terms:
Sunset baby: A twin who dies in the womb. Sunrise baby: The surviving twin of a baby who dies in the womb.
The "3-2-1 Rule" in pregnancy is a guideline for first-time mothers to know when to call their midwife or doctor for active labor: consistent contractions that are 3 minutes apart, lasting 2 minutes each, for 1 hour (or sometimes cited as 3-1-1, meaning 3 minutes apart, 1 minute long, for 1 hour). For subsequent pregnancies, the 5-1-1 Rule (5 minutes apart, 1 minute long, for 1 hour) is often used, indicating labor is progressing more quickly.
Most premature baby Nash was delivered at a gestational age of exactly 21 weeks, a staggering 133 days earlier than expected. Nash Keen - affectionately known as “Nash Potato” - was born at University of Iowa Health Care, USA.
It is possible for twins to have different biological fathers. This phenomenon is known as heteropaternal superfecundation, and can occur when a woman releases multiple eggs during her menstrual cycle and engages in sexual intercourse with different partners in close succession.
All five quintuplets have died, the most recent two in 2025. Yvonne died in 2001. Cécile died on July 28, 2025, at the age of 91. The last surviving quintuplet, Annette, died on December 24, 2025, also at the age of 91.
The triplets may be identical, fraternal or mixed. Being pregnant with triplets raises the risk of complications. Frequent checkups and specialized care may lower this risk.
Newborns whose mothers speak tonal languages, such as Mandarin, tend to produce more complex cry melodies. Swedish newborns, whose native language has what linguists call a “pitch accent,” produce more sing-songy cries.
Less than 3% of babies were born each hour between midnight and 7 a.m. However, this number rose on Saturday and Sunday, when births were more likely to occur overnight.
Nonuplets (9)
A set of nonuplets was born on 13 June 1971, in Sydney, Australia, to Geraldine Brodrick and her husband, Leonard. They were five boys and four girls; two of the boys were stillborn, and the last of the surviving babies, a boy named Richard, died five days after the birth.
Ovarian ectopic pregnancies are the rarest type making up less than 1% of all ectopic gestations. These are difficult to diagnose as they look very similar to a tubal ectopic pregnancy that is stuck to the ovary or a 'corpus luteum' which is the place that the egg was released from.
The 3-minute rule means you should apply moisturizer to your baby's skin within three minutes of taking them out of the bath. After giving your baby a warm bath, gently pat them dry. Be careful not to rub their skin. Then, immediately rub a baby eczema cream onto their slightly damp skin.
The hardest part of the newborn stage for most parents is generally considered to be the first 6 weeks. Here are some of the key reasons why: Exhaustion：Newborns need to feed frequently, often every 2-3 hours. This lack of sleep can take a major toll on parents' energy levels.
This is what experts call the “second night syndrome”. It's a completely normal and common milestone where newborns become more alert, fussy, and demanding during their second day of life—compared to their more “easygoing” first 24 hours.