A woman who gave birth to a world record nine babies has revealed how they are getting through a staggering 100 nappies per day and six litres of milk - but that she is too tired to look after them and spends most of her days sleeping and watching television.
Halima Cisse, 26, had the nonuplets at the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, Morocco on 5 May, breaking the current world record set by 'Octomum' Nadya Suleman in 2009, who gave birth to eight babies that survived.
Ms Cisse's nine tots, who she insists were conceived naturally, weighed between 500 grammes to 1 kilo when they were born remain in incubators in the clinic's intensive care unit where they are being looked after round the clock by a team of doctors and nurses.
In a world exclusive interview from her hospital in Morocco, Ms Cisse said she only found out she was having nine babies minutes before the birth which has cost £1million so far and paid for by the Malian government.
'It was a total shock when I found out that I was having nine babies because I thought it was going to be seven,' she said.
Halima Cisse (right), 26, and her husband Kader Arby, 35, pose together at the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca, Morocco, with one of their world record-breaking babies, a boy named Mohamed VI
Ms Cisse gave birth to a world record nonuplets in Morocco on May 5. Almost three months on and six of the babies are still in incubator being closely monitored by Nurses at the Casablanca hospital
A family friend posted this rare photograph of all nine babies laying side by side and pictured together on social media
Paediatrician Dr Msayif Khali examines with a stethoscope one of the nine babies protected in an incubator at the maternity unit on May 20 two weeks after Ms Cisse gave birth
The proud parents stand next to the incubator of one of their extraordinary brood. They have a young daughter, an older sibling for the babies back home in Mali, making them mother and father to ten children in total
'As the babies were coming out, there were so many questions going through my mind. I was very aware of what was going on and it seemed as if there was an endless stream of babies coming out of me.'
She added: 'My sister was holding my hand but all I could think about was how would I look after them and who was going to help me?'
Speaking as she looked over all nine babies asleep in incubators, she revealed that almost three months after undergoing the arduous birth she is still recovering and only visits her babies twice a day for up to 30 minutes to 'bond' with them because she does not have the energy to keep up with their exhausting care regime.
They are fed every two hours, drinking a combined six litres of formula milk per day while getting through 100 nappies, which are changed every two hours. They also undergo health checks every three hours.
Ms Cisse told MailOnline that the babies are exhausting and that she only sees them twice a day for 30 minutes to bond
Ms Cisse revealed that within a month of giving birth she ran out of breast milk. Her babies are expected to remain in hospital for another two months.
'It's a lot of work and I still feel very weak, she said. 'My pregnancy was very difficult, and I need a lot of rest.
'Giving birth to one child is hard enough but having nine is unimaginable. It's astonishing the amount of work that is involved in looking after them. I'm grateful to the medical team that are doing all the hard work and the Government of Mali for funding this.'
Ms Cisse is staying in a private room on the clinic's third floor, leaving it only to visit her babies.
She almost died from blood loss during the delivery with doctors estimating that her belly alone weighed almost 30 kg, made up of the babies and amniotic fluid.
Ms Cisse said: 'Thankfully I don't have to get up in the night if the babies start crying because the nurses deal with all of that, so I manage to get plenty of sleep. I'm lucky to be alive and have all this support.'
Ms Cisse gave birth by Caesarean section, accompanied by her sister Aisha while her husband Kader Arby stayed behind at their home in Timbuktu, Mali. He was unable to travel due to COVID travel restrictions.
Mr Arby, 35 only arrived in Morocco on July 9, and after spending ten days in quarantine, saw his nine children for the first time on 19 July.
He said: 'It was an incredible
