Mariam Nabatanzi of Uganda gave birth to multiple sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets 15 times, resulting in a total of 44 children.
She gave birth to just one son, her youngest. At the age of 12, Mariam was wed off, and the following year, she began giving birth. After having 18 children, she contacted her doctors for family planning alternatives, and they responded that she had “unusually enormous ovaries.”
After having 18 children, she contacted her doctors for family planning alternatives, and they responded that she had “unusually enormous ovaries.” The children kept arriving because the birth control drugs made her unwell.
She started having fewer kids only after her spouse left. Mariam, a single mother, takes advantage of every chance to make ends meet and pay for her kids’ schooling.
