I am sure people here know this already, but it seems relevant to the conversation…
The highest number of children born to one mother is 69. 1725 - 1765 the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.
Modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina, mother of 64, of which only 55 of them are documented.
That man wouldn’t have been allowed within 50 feet of me after the first six or seven.
I am sure people here know this already, but it seems relevant to the conversation…
The highest number of children born to one mother is 69. 1725 - 1765 the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.
Modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina, mother of 64, of which only 55 of them are documented.
That man wouldn’t have been allowed within 50 feet of me after the first six or seven.
After firing that many out it’s a wonder she survived. Must’ve had udders and a chuff like a wizard’s sleeve after that ordeal.
I am sure people here know this already, but it seems relevant to the conversation…
The highest number of children born to one mother is 69. 1725 - 1765 the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.
Modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina, mother of 64, of which only 55 of them are documented.
That man wouldn’t have been allowed within 50 feet of me after the first six or seven.
After firing that many out it’s a wonder she survived. Must’ve had udders and a chuff like a wizard’s sleeve after that ordeal.
Apparently that didnt’ stop her hubby from trying again each time.
Hrm. I’m probably thinking of the Texas one in 1998 then, but for some reason I thought the family was in Florida, probably because I was there visiting when I heard the news story.
No…I think there was so big scandal & murder involved. They moved to Florida & the mom was murdered. It was blamed on the dad…who was by then, back in Texas.
That was the one where the guy hired a hitman to do it, right? That’s not what I’m thinking of.
It was the late nineties or just turned 2000. I was in Florida for Christmas and I remember hearing the news about it while at a friends house. I remember it very well because her racist father was watching the tv (we were in the other room) and he shouted out “Oh dear God! The *insert horrid racial epithet here* are having them in litters now!!“
Charming, eh?
Anyway, because I was in Florida at the time, I assumed it was a local news story, but since I didn’t actuall see the broadcast, I assumed wrong. The dates would make it the 1998 Texas Octuplets one.
Good Grief, I don’t think I should have mentioned ‘litters’ but there you have it huh?
Anyway, Maegan, I cannot even imagine your mother’s emotional state AND physical state through the stillbirths, miscarriages and that many pregnancies. Surprisingly, only women are built to handle this kind of natural abuse and pain, but a limit to it is eventually, somehow reached.
I should have been more clear earlier about when sex should begin after childbirth has been accomplished AND about nursing as a form of birth control. All of my experiences took place in the mid-60s after only being here in the States for a year. I really had no ‘CLUE’ and apparently, neither did any of the other people around me (which were few as I was living out in the middle of no-where on a farm in Ohio). Truthfully, at the time I didn’t completely understand how I got pregnant in the first place and had never seen an infant before!
Anyway, Maegan, I cannot even imagine your mother’s emotional state AND physical state through the stillbirths, miscarriages and that many pregnancies. Surprisingly, only women are built to handle this kind of natural abuse and pain, but a limit to it is eventually, somehow reached.
My mom was told when she was a teen that she would never be able to have children at all. The fact that she had even been able to conceive thrilled her. I think the original diagnosis had something to do with fibroids…?? I don’t remember for sure.
My mom always wanted LOTS of children, but then more recently she said it’s probably best she only had 4. She wouldn’t have been able to handle the emotions that come during raising them. Though…if anyone asks me…I should have been an only child.
I never asked my mom about it…but I’d wondered if she’d ever heard of birth control. It would have been the 70s when she started conceiving by “accident”. Or it’s possible b/c she thought she couldn’t conceive she didn’t worry about it?? I know she doesn’t look too fondly on those days in her early military career, so I tend to ask questions about it only when she’s talking freely of it. Apparently mommy was quite the party girl. Booze, pot…“borrowing” military vehicles to carry illegal things across Europe.
