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This section lists mothers who gave birth to at least 20 children. Numbers in bold and italics are likely to be legendary or inexact, some of them having been recorded before the 19th century. Due to the fact that women bear the children and therefore cannot reproduce as often as men, their records are often shared with or exceeded by their ...
Suleman carried the babies to 31 weeks. Doctors anticipated seven babies, so the eighth came as a surprise. [4] Born over the course of five minutes, all eight babies were immediately reported in stable condition; though two required intubation and a ventilator, and another required extra oxygen. [5]
The babies (Justin, Jadon, Jezreel, Danelia, Genesis, and Joel) were delivered by Caesarean section at 25 weeks. [97] They were the subject of a reality television show, Sextuplets Take New York. The Conway sextuplets (born on 22 May 2009 in Dunmore in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) were the first recorded sextuplets in Ireland.
The next day, January 28, 2009, the whole family along with grandmother Janet Chukwu appeared on NBC's The Today Show, [3] which was the first time the octuplets appeared on national television since their first birthdays. Later that day, they were whisked to the Associated Press (AP
The birth attracted significant media attention, both positive and negative, including a feature in Time magazine in December 1997. [5] " In the beginning, for every ten letters we would get that were happy for us, we'd get one letter accusing us of exploiting the kids and being selfish to waste the world's resources on a family this big," said Bobbi in a 2007 interview. [11] "
Named just "Babe" he was said by his father to have had the appearance of a perfect 6-month-old. He was the largest newborn ever recorded, at 22 pounds (10.0 kg) and 28 inches tall (c. 72 cm); each of his feet was six inches (150 mm) long. He was posthumously awarded a Guinness World Record as the heaviest new-born baby and the longest. [11]
Lina Marcela Medina de Jurado (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlina meˈðina]; born 23 September 1933) [1] is a Peruvian woman who became the youngest confirmed mother in history when she gave birth to son Gerardo on 14 May 1939, aged five years, seven months, and 21 days.
St Neots Quadruplets Babies' Condition "Much Improved": The quadruplets – a girl and three boys – born on Thursday morning at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Miles, in Ferrars Avenue, Eynesbury, St. Neots, were stated by Dr. Harrisson to be doing exceptionally well and to be very much improved yesterday. Mrs.