South African woman reportedly gave birth to ten babies, a world record

If the birth of a child can change your life, there is no doubt that Gosiame Thamara Sithole's life is going to be literally turned upside down.

The 37-year-old South African would have given birth on Monday evening, June 7 to tenfold, reported the next day the national daily Pretoria News.

Seven boys and three girls are said to have been born and are currently being cared for in hospital, such a situation obviously presenting many risk factors for newborns.

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The information would have been confirmed with our colleagues at the BBC by a "South African official".

Another reportedly said he had not seen the babies with his own eyes.

Information that is also of great interest to Guinness Records.

If it were to be confirmed, it would indeed constitute a world first.

The last record was indeed established just a few weeks ago in Morocco.

Halima Cissé, a young Malian, had given birth at the very beginning of May no less than nine babies, five girls and four boys.

Supported initially in Bamako, she was then transferred to Morocco to benefit from better medical monitoring.

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To Pretoria News, Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says he is happy and moved. “I can't talk much,” he continued shortly after the happy event. Pretoria News had interviewed the mother before she gave birth. She explained that the doctors had initially told her about six babies, before two others were finally detected later because they were ill-disposed. The chef's surprise would therefore have occurred at the time of the cesarean. Gosiame Thamara Sithole is not having her first childbirth, since she is already the mother of twins, now six years old.