SOUTH AFRICAN WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO 10 BABIES: BBC

A South African woman has reportedly given birth to 10 babies in what would be a new world record, BBC News reported.

Gosiame Thamara Sithole's husband says they were astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in the womb. "It's seven boys and three girls. I am happy. I am emotional. I can't talk much," her husband Teboho Tsotetsi told Pretoria News after the birth.

One South African official confirmed the births to the BBC, however, another said they were yet to see the babies. A family member, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC that Ms. Sithole had had 10 babies - five via natural birth and 5 via cesarean section.

Guinness World Records told the BBC it was investigating Ms. Sithole's case. A woman who had eight babies in the US in 2009 currently holds the Guinness World Record for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive. Last month, 25-year-old Halima Cissé from Mali gave birth to nine babies, who are reportedly doing well at a clinic in Morocco.

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