She’s now in the Guinness Book of World Records for delivering not three, not six, but TEN babies at the same time.

The previous record of nine babies was set just last month by Malian Halima Cisse, in Morocco.

Gosiame Thamara Sithole at the age of 37 gave birth to decuplets, which turned out to be two more than the doctors found on their medical scans. Her husband, Teboho Tsotetsi is ecstatic.

The seven boys and three girls were delivered by C-section.

Sithole, who has six-year-old twins, previously told the Pretoria News that her pregnancy was natural as she was not on fertility treatment.

Speaking to the Pretoria News last night, Tsotetsi said Sithole gave birth to their bundles of joy 29 weeks into her pregnancy.

“It’s seven boys and three girls. She was seven months and seven days pregnant. I am happy. I am emotional. I can’t talk much. Let’s talk again in the morning please,” Tsotetsi said.

In an interview at their family home in Tembisa last month and the publication of which was delayed at the request of the couple for safety and cultural reasons, Sithole said she was shocked and fascinated by the pregnancy.

She said she had been in a state of disbelief when the doctors told her earlier this year that she was expecting six children (sextuplets) before further scans showed that it was in fact octuplets.

Two others could not be detected initially because they were inside the wrong tube, Sithole said.

“I am shocked by my pregnancy. It was tough at the beginning. I was sick. It was hard for me. It’s still tough but I am used to it now. I don’t feel the pain anymore, but it’s still a bit tough. I just pray for God to help me deliver all my children in a healthy condition, and for me and my children to come out alive. I would be pleased about it,” Sithole said.

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What makes this more amazing is the naturalness of the pregnancy. There were no fertility treatments given to the mother.

Congratulations to this South African family!