NATIONAL NEWS - Guinness World Records (GWR) Limited extended well wishes to the Thembisa couple who reportedly became parents to 10 babies.
South Africans expressed shock and even admiration at today’s headline news that Gosiame Thamara Sithole from Thembisa gave birth to the decuplets.
According to Pretoria News, Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, gave birth to decuplets at a hospital in Pretoria last night.
Here’s what we know about the mom of 12.
- She has two other children, a set of six-year-old twins. That makes 12 children in total.
- Sithole is married. Her husband, Teboho Tsotetsi, is from Tembisa in Ekurhuleni
- She gave birth via C-section at 29 weeks (seven months and seven days)
- Sithole was not on any kind of fertility treatment.
- Seven boys and three girls make up her 10 babies
- She initially thought she was expecting six children (sextuplets)
- She later thought it was octuplets after a follow-up sonar scan
- She works as a retail store manager
“Guinness World Records is aware of the news that Sithole has given birth to decuplets,” said GWR Limited senior publicist Jessica Dawes based in London.
“We send our congratulations and best wishes to the family. At the current time, we are yet to verify if this is a record as the wellbeing of both the mother and babies are of top priority.
“Our records team, alongside a specialist consultant, are looking into this and will provide any information as soon as possible,” said Dawes.
