Doctors have banned a woman in Uganda from having any more babies after giving birth to 44 children.

Mariam Nabatanzi has had four sets of twins, five sets of triplets and five quadruplets. Locals have dubbed her 'the world's most fertile woman'.

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Nabatazni was sold into marriage at the age of twelve years old and had her first child one year later.

Dream for education

The single mother now works as a tailor, hairdresser and herbalist to earn enough money to raise her 38 surviving children.

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"Generally, I have tried to educate them. My dream is that my children go to school. They can lack anything (else), but they must go to school," Nabatazni revealed in a recent Al Jazeera documentary.

Mariam Nabatanzi prepares dinner for her 44 children. Credit: Reuters

A family photo of Mariam's hanging on her wall in Uganda. Credit: Reuters

"I can't say they are nagging because they are my children. I can't say I will abandon them because they are my children and I love them," Nabatazni added.

Mariam Nabatanzi has several jobs to make ends meet. Credit: Retuers

The children sleep 12 in a room. Credit: Reuters

Experts explain

Experts say the pregnancies were due to 'hyper-ovulation'.

"You find that some of the women have the potential of having between 10 to 12 eggs that come at the beginning of the month... some of the have the potential to have more than one fertilisation take place," gynaecologist Dr Chales Kiggundu said.