Ugandan girl of 39 years alone raises 38 children

He currently lives in the village of Kabimbiri, Uganda, and gave birth to 44 children, six of whom died and he is now 38. He has four sets of triplets, three sets of quadruplets and six pairs of twins. The others are born at birth.

Mariam Nabatanz's suffering was marked by her small size: her mother abandoned her and her mother-in-law was killed with ground glbad in her brothers' food.

Suffering had been present since childhood: her mother abandoned her and her mother-in-law killed her five brothers by adding a frosted glbad to the food while she went to visit a family member. At age 12, she married, forced by a parent who gave it, with a man who would end up being another problem in her life.

"All my life took care of my children and worked to make money, I have not had joy since birth and my man has caused a lot of suffering." Mariam Nabatanzi The prolific Ugandan mother.

"Mom is overwhelmed, work is crushing her, we help where we can, like cooking and laundry, but she still carries the burden of the family. I'm sorry for her. Ivan Kibuka One of Mariam's children.

Her husband was 40 years old, polygamous and had several children with his other wives. One year after her marriage, Mariam became a mother for the first time: she had twins. Two years later, they were tripled and soon quadrupled. At her sixth birth, she has already had 18 children. To put an end to this uncontrolled ability to get pregnant, she went to see a doctor, but was told that nothing could be done because her ovaries were unusually large. He was advised not to use contraceptives, such as pills, as they could cause health problems. At 23, he returned to the hospital to find a solution and, again, the answer was negative.

Three years ago, the Ugandan girl was abandoned by her husband. She was left alone in her home made of cement blocks and a corrugated iron roof with her 38 children. In search of money, Nabatanzi was doing everything: hairdressing, decorating events, collecting and selling scrap metal, making local gin and selling medicinal herbs. But money is never enough to feed them and take care of their health.

44 children had Mariam.

She gave birth to four sets of triplets, three sets of quadruplets, six pairs of twins, and the rest, in one birth. Six of their children are dead. She was a mother for the first time while she was only 13 years old.