Monday, February 23, 2009

Nigerian sextuplets' mother dies

A woman who gave birth to a set of sextuplets over the weekend in Nigeria has died of complications.

Ajoke Bello, 32, gave birth to the six babies by Caesarean section operation on Thursday and was initially in a stable condition.

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3 comments:

My earthy momma odyssey said...

So sad and a wake up call that we aren't genetically built to carry litters.

My earthy momma odyssey said...

WOW, i just caught that they were naturally conceived, I wonder if she lives near some high pollution or something, poor babies :(

Megz said...

Sad, but did you notice that Nigeria accounts for 10% of the world's maternal deaths?! Holy cow.