What a Wonderful World: Record-Breaking Nonuplets Growing Happy and Healthy

There were worries that some might not survive because they were kept in incubators for longer than three months. Nevertheless, these children beat the odds since, after 19 months of rigorous checking, they returned to their hometown in Mali, hale and well.

After spending 19 months in Moroccan care, the children's parents, Halima Cissé and Abdelkader Arby had the chance to introduce their five girls and four boys to Guinness World Records as they got ready to return to Mali last week.

According to AFP, Health Minister Dieminatou Sangare stated that the mother and her children returned home "safe and sound" on Tuesday. On Facebook the same day, Sangare posted pictures of the happy family.

When asked what the most difficult aspect of raising them was, Cissé responded that getting them to sleep can be a hassle in a brief video where she also gave the names of her children.

"It's not easy to put them to sleep all together; We cuddle them so they can sleep," she added. They really like cuddles to sleep."

In accordance with Guinness World Records, 32 medical specialists collaborated to ensure the safe delivery of Cissé and Arby's nine children in Morocco last year.

The family went to an apartment in the North African nation where they continued to receive care after initially staying at the clinic for monitoring.

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

After the nonuplets celebrated their first birthday in May, Guinness World Records declared that they had achieved the record for the most live births.

The American woman known as "Octomom," Nadya Suleman, set the previous record in 2009 with eight.