Teacher pregnant with record-breaking 12 babies

Last to hold a record for multiple births was Nadya Suleman of Bellflower, California, who gave birth to octuplets.

A Tunisian woman, who is in her 30's and whose name has not been disclosed as yet, is expecting six boys and six girls, according to Sun. She conceived the babies following fertility treatments, after suffering two miscarriages in two years’ time.

Fertility experts in Gafsa confirmed the news and told that the extraordinary pregnancy was possible, but had few "colossal" risks.

Dr. Mark Hamilton, of the British Fertility Society, said, "The woman could have been receiving ovulation induction treatment, which stimulates egg production. You don't have the same control as with IVF."

Woman claims to be in good health
The woman, who will be under constant medical monitoring, informed the doctors that she was “feeling fine and looking forward to hugging her six boys and six girls.”

“This is an absolute miracle, and we all feel blessed after struggling so hard to have children,” she added.

Marwan, the overjoyed would-be father said, “In the beginning, we thought that my wife would give birth to twins, but more fetuses were discovered. Our joy increased with the growing number.”

Doctors' uncertain, claim it to be a very high-risk pregnancy
Dr. Manny Alvarez, managing health editor of FOXNews.com, said that though it is possible for a woman to be pregnant with 12 babies, the likelihood of this woman carrying all 12 babies to full term is very slim.

"When you get to a pregnancy with that many multiples, often some of them spontaneously die," Alvarez said. "Anything more than five babies becomes a very high-risk pregnancy. The rates of premature labor for multiples are astronomical," he added.

Another doctor claimed that there was less than a one in 100 chance of even a single baby surviving in such situations.

Peter Bowen-Simpkins, a fellow of Britain’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said, “It is certainly possible to carry 12 babies but not for long. The problem is the capacity of the uterus. This woman is going to be enormous by 20 weeks. And when the uterus goes into labour there is nothing you can do about it.

“The youngest that babies have survived is at 22 to 23 weeks. They need very intensive nursing and the majority have permanent neurological damage. You’d need a very good intensive pediatric unit to cope with this.

“I don’t like to dampen her enthusiasm but the chances are she will deliver at 20 weeks. I wouldn’t even give her a one in 100 chance of even one surviving. It’s frightening.”

Negative precedents on multiple births
In California, Nadya Suleman defied doctors' predictions when she gave birth to eight healthy babies. The six boys and two girls were born to her through IVF treatment.

Others have not been so lucky. In the year of 1996, 23-year-old Greek Cypriot became pregnant with 11 babies, then a record. She had to abort nine to save the lives of two.

In the same year, 32-year-old British woman - Mandy Allwood, became pregnant with octuplets after taking fertility drugs. She ignored medical advice of her gynecologist to abort few and, in turn, lost all after they were born at just 22 weeks.