Meet the first ever surviving nonuplets born with Amniotic sac, Nigerian woman gives birth to 9 babies at once bags GWR. Congratulations to her [Photos]

Meet the first ever surviving nonuplets born with Amniotic sac, Nigerian woman gives birth to 9 babies at once bags GWR. Congratulations to her [Photos]

 The record-setting nonuplets (yes, that is nine babies born at once) have returned home to Mali from Morocco, where they spent the first 19 months of their life.

In a Dec. 19 update from Guinness World Records, the family offered a glimpse into their life — as well as adorable new family photos.

“It’s not easy to put them to sleep all together," their mother, Halima Cissé, told Guinness World Records. "We cuddle them so they can sleep; they really like cuddles to sleep."

Cissé and the babies' father, Abdelkader Arby, had traveled to Morocco from Mali to seek specialized medical care.

In July 2021, Dr. Youssef Alaoui, the director of the private clinic in Morocco where Cissé gave birth, told TODAY.com in an exclusive email interview that his goal was simple: to keep mom and babies safe.

From the time of Cissé’s arrival, Alaoui said he and his team were able to extend her pregnancy five weeks before she delivered at 30 weeks.

“We thank the medical corps of Mali and the Akdital group for accompanying us during our stay here in Morocco. And the nurses who accompanied us morning, noon and evening continuously,” Cissé told Guinness World Records.

On May 4, 2021, then 25-year-old Cissé gave birth to nine babies — five girls and four boys — named Mohammed VI, Oumar, Elhadji, Bah, Kadidia, Fatouma, Hawa, Adama and Oumou.

Guinness World Records reported that “each baby weighed between 0.5 — 1 kg (1.1 — 2.2 lb).”