The mother, Ghazala Ibrahim Omar, 27, already had three daughters, but was eager for a son. However, the mother says that she might need financial support to help raise them as her husband, who is a farmer, earns $4 a day, which may not be enough to support her newly-expanded family.
The newborns, who weigh between 2.3 pounds and 4 pounds, are being kept in incubators but appear to be healthy. The country's health minister was quoted as saying the government would provide free milk and diapers for the seven babies for two years.
According to doctors, the incidence of septuplets is not just one in a million, but one in 3.9 billion. The first surviving septuplets, born to Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey from the U.S. state of Iowa, will turn 11 in November.
