Photos of 40-year-old Mariam Nabatazi, Ugandan single mother with 44 kids

Piece by: Peninah Njoki
Entertainment

A Ugandan woman has been termed as the most fertile woman ever. Mariam Nabatanzi had given birth to 44 children by the age of 36.

This is because she suffered from a rare genetic predisposition to hyper-ovulate, which is releasing multiple eggs in one cycle, which significantly increases the chance of having multiples; it is always genetic."

Mariam has three sets of quadruplets, four sets of triplets and six sets of twins and incredibly manages to care for and feed them all on her own.

The fertile mum was just 12 when she was married to her husband, who at 40 was 28 years her senior.

Just a year later she gave birth to her first set of twins.

But once again the medical advice was that she should keep getting pregnant because her ovary count was so high.

Mariam's final pregnancy three years ago ended in tragedy when she gave birth to her sixth set of twins.

Each day, Mariam uses 25kgs of maize floor to ensure her children have enough to eat.