25 year old mother has given birth to the first ever septuplets in Iraq.
The mother is said to be in good health after having the seven babies in a single natural birth, with all the children reportedly doing well.
The 25-year-old mother whose name has been withheld gave birth at a hospital in the Diyali Province of eastern Iraq in what is believed to be the first septuplet case in the Middle-Eastern country.
![](https://www.expressiveinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Septuplets-Expressiveinfo.jpg)
A spokesman for the local health department released a statement saying the mother, along with her six girls and one boy, are perfectly healthy.
![](https://www.expressiveinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Septuplets-Expressiveinfo1.jpg)
Images show four of the tiny babies lying in a bed together. And other pictures show two of the newborns lying together shortly after the remarkable birth.
![](https://www.expressiveinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Septuplets-Expressiveinfo2.jpg)
These children’s father Youssef Fadl said he and his wife had not been considering having more children but now have ten youngsters to look after.