Georgian woman gives birth to 11th child via seventh C-section
Rusudan Meskhi gave birth to her 11th child on January 7. Photo: Rusudan Meskhi's Facebook page
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Georgian woman Rusudan Meskhi has given birth to an 11th child via a seventh C-section, the Health Federation of Georgia reported yesterday.
Meskhi, 36, reportedly has had four children via physiological birth and seven via C-section.
She gave birth to her 11th child, a son named Damiane, on January 7, the day Georgian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas.
Meskhi was discharged from hospital the fourth day after giving birth, while the baby remains under medical surveillance.
The baby was born preterm at 36 weeks of gestation but is said to be doing well.
A 45-year-old Iamze Diasamidze gave birth to her 13th child yesterday in the country’s western Batumi city of Georgia.
A passenger of Russian-owned Ural Airlines flying to Moscow from Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi, gave premature birth in the departure hall of Batumi International Airport in western Georgia early today.
The Georgian government released its National Maternal and Newborn Health Strategy for 2017-2030. This strategy aims to eliminate preventable deaths of mothers and newborns as well as stillbirths by 2030.
A 1 million GEL (about €288,329/$320,320) programme will be launched in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara to provide assistance to infertile individuals living in the region, Tornike Rizhvadze, the Head of the local Government, announced on Tuesday.