Magnificent Seven: Iraqi woman, 25, gives birth to seven babies in the country’s first ever septuplet case – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Magnificent Seven: Iraqi woman, 25, gives birth to seven babies in the country’s first ever septuplet case




A woman in Iraq has become the first woman in the country to give birth to seven babies in a single natural birth.

In a remarkable story the 25-year-old woman gave birth to six girls and one boy at a hospital in the Diyali Province of eastern Iraq.

According to The Daily Mail newspaper, the births is the first recorded septuplet case in the Middle Eastern country.

Meanwhile reports in Iraqi media say that all seven babies and their mother are in good health following their arrival.

Speaking to a local newspaper the farther of the septuplets revealed that he and his wife were not planning to expand their family, however they are over the moon as they now have 10 children to care for.

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