Meet The 37 Year Old Mother Of 38 Who Gave Birth To Her First Child At 13

The report of a 37-year-old Ugandan mother has gone viral after it showed the lady identified as Mariam Nabatanzi Babirye, is nicknamed Nalongo Muzaala Bana, which means “the twin mother who produces quadruplets", has 38 children.

Mariam, who has six sets of twins, four sets of triplets, three sets of quadruplets and two single births said in a recent interview with a Ugandan daily;

“My father gave birth to 45 children with different women and [they] all came in quintuplets, quadruplets, twins and triplets.”

Mariam says her father had 45 children, many of whom came in quintuplets, quadruplets and twins. Dr Charles Kiggundu, a gynecologist at Mulago Hospital confirms that Mariam may have taken after her father, as her case may be genetic. He said: 

“Her case is genetic predisposition to hyper-ovulate (releasing multiple eggs in one cycle), which significantly increases the chance of having multiples.

Mariam said she was married off at an early age and she gave birth for the first time at the age of 13 to twins.

She said she sought medical advice several times in a bid to stop having children but doctors advised her that since she produces so many eggs, it would be dangerous to her health.

However, Dr Kiggundu said Mariam was not well advised, because doctors could easily have performed tubal ligation as a permanent method of contraception.