MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - A Tunisian woman in her thirties is set to break the world record for multiple births by giving birth to 12 babies later this month, regional media reported on Tuesday.
The Gulfnews website said the unnamed woman, an Arabic language teacher from Gafsa, to the southwest of Tunis, earlier had two miscarriages and underwent fertility treatment.
Doctors have warned that the chances of any of the duodecaplets surviving are very low. The woman says she expects to deliver the six boys and six girls through natural birth, but medics have warned that this would put her life at risk.
The website quoted the woman's husband as saying: "In the beginning, we thought that my wife would give birth to twins, but more fetuses were discovered. Our joy increased with the growing number."
There are no known instances of live births resulting from pregnancies of 10 babies or more.
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