Mum Is Banned From Having More Children

And you think your life is busy…. this Mum has been banned from having more children due to the fact that she birthed 44 children by the age of 36!

At just twelve years old, after being married, Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to her first set of twins, and since then, she has proceeded to birth 5 more sets of twins, 4 sets of triplets and 5 sets of quadruplets.

The Sun reports that doctors discovered Mariam had an abnormally large set of ovaries and advised her that birth control could cause havoc to her health. At the age of 40 doctors “cut my uterus from inside” to ensure she did not bear more children.

Mariam and her children live in 4 concrete houses in Kampala, Uganda after her husband abandoned her and her 38 surviving children. 6 of her children have passed away and of the remaining 38, 10 are female.

The now 40 year old’s life has been one of tragedy, speaking to The Sun she told of how her mother left her when she was just a newborn, her father remarried and his wife later laced her brother and sisters meals with crushed glass, they all died though she was saved as she was out visiting a relative.

Families in Uganda are known to be large, though Mariam’s family could be the largest in the country.

A large uganden family

Source: Facebook

The number of people living in poverty in Uganda is above 27%, though Mariam does her best to bring in income for her family by hairdressing, selling herbal goods and anything else she can turn her hand to.

Mariam suffers from hyper ovulation, which means that she releases several eggs per cycle – most women only release one.

Main image source: Facebook

55 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 24 Jun 2023
    9:33 am
She is an amazing woman and was married off when she was just a child to a much older and abusive man. She love for her children is wonderful. Super Mum

- - mom487937 said
  - 25 Jun 2022
    6:59 pm
I remember seeing a video about this woman she works so hard to provide for all her children. It’s very sad that doctors didn’t help her sooner and sadder still that she was so young when she started having children. She really loves all her kids though. I hope the media attention brought with it some financial aid.

- - mom160289 said
  - 12 Jun 2022
    10:32 pm
My goodness that’s crazy. I hope they are all doing ok

- - SAS185 said
  - 05 Apr 2022
    11:05 pm
Sheesh. Maybe they should have offered her tunes be tied after 10

- - mom480417 said
  - 12 Mar 2022
    1:51 am
Kids are great gift but looking at her circumstances am glad they cut her uterus. what’s the point when she finds difficult and struggles to feed them.

- - curlytops said
  - 10 Feb 2022
    11:42 pm
What a lot of children! I just can’t imagine parenting that many and on her own. Amazing!

- - romvar said
  - 07 Jan 2022
    5:59 pm
First set of twins at 12 years old! She was a child herself. It must be so hard for her feeding 38 children and also being abandoned by her husband. She’ll never be alone though and as the children become adults she’ll be looked after by them.

- - mom111059 said
  - 06 Jan 2022
    10:24 am
I don’t think she would have survived many more pregnancies. Wow. I can’t imagine looking after so many children in such poor circumstances.

- - alongcamejayden said
  - 05 Jun 2021
    10:23 pm
Wow a survivor. A real super mum and super hero. Feeding and providing for 38 kids without any husband or her own family to support her…

- - mom207052 said
  - 05 Jun 2021
    11:44 am
I love hearing real life stories like Mariam’s. She sounds like an incredible mother

- - mom286587 said
  - 05 Jun 2021
    5:08 am
Oh man!!! I could not imagine having that many children.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 04 Jun 2021
    1:45 am
She has a lot of mouths to feed!

- - mom363826 said
  - 31 May 2021
    1:13 pm
Wow that many children is insane, she’s a real life superhero

- - Frankiielot said
  - 30 May 2021
    11:55 pm
Wow, she is the definition of GIRL POWER!!!
Loving how she continues to work hard for her kids and that she didn’t let her husband leaving deter her in any way.
Definitely applaud her and am in a way I’m jealous because I’d love to have more kids (I’ve got baby fever at the moment) but just don’t think I would be able to cope as I’m getting older, not younger.
Well done. (:

- - mom268263 said
  - 31 Oct 2020
    1:55 pm
Count our blessings for the lottery of life.

- - shanika said
  - 20 Jun 2020
    10:04 pm
I feel really sorry for her. Can’t imagine about her life.

- - mom418449 said
  - 08 May 2020
    12:56 pm
This is such a sad story, it really does put things into perspective for us though… 🙁

- - mom19782016 said
  - 26 Apr 2020
    1:28 pm
This poor woman. I can’t even begin to imagine her life. Powerful woman though continuing to look after her children and bring in income.

- - mom321515 said
  - 04 Dec 2019
    8:57 am
Some days I find looking after 2 children hard. She is doing a wonderful job to look after that many on her own!

- - mom101628 said
  - 17 Nov 2019
    10:00 pm
I have read about this lady ands she is doing as much work as she can so she can educate her children so they can raise themselves out of the poverty of the country. My hat is off to her – she is doing a great job in great adversity.