Octuplets are a set of eight offspring born at one birth. An individual that is part of such a set is called an octuplet.
Septuplets (7)
The McCaughey septuplets (born 19 November 1997, in Des Moines, Iowa) are the world's first surviving set of septuplets.
If the 12 – called duodecaplets – are all born alive they would represent a medical miracle and break the record of American mother Nadya Suleman, who recently gave birth to the world's longest-surviving octuplets.
– Decuplets: a combination of 10 of a kind.
Since the total number in the birth is 11 and "-uplets" is traditionally the suffix added to the Latin term for the number of babies -- it is possible the parents or the media will call them "undenuplets" or "henduplets."
A South African woman has broken a Guinness World Record as she gave birth to 10 babies at once, according to a local media report.
So it makes sense that women can only have a fraction as many children as men. One study estimated a woman can have around 15 pregnancies in a lifetime. And depending on how many babies she births for each pregnancy, she'd probably have around 15-30 children.
Veronica Merritt, known as ThisMadMama on TikTok, has given birth to her 12th child. The 37-year-old said she wanted 16 kids but would stop at a dozen. Her most recent pregnancy was difficult, and she learned that her 11th child has cancer.
The Czech Republic birth data revealed that quintuplets are born once every 480 years! Hence this is an exceptionally great birth and all the kids and the mum are healthy! What do you think of this story? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Octuplets are a set of eight offspring born at one birth. An individual that is part of such a set is called an octuplet.
Bamako, Mali:
A Malian mother who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco last year returned home on Tuesday with her infants, Health Minister Dieminatou Sangare told AFP. "Joy and satisfaction to see them in good health. The mother and babies are doing well and have arrived safe and sound in Mali," she said in a message.
One of them is the story of Bobbi McCaughey, who gave birth to her seven children in the space of just six minutes. McCaughey had to face many obstacles while raising her kids, as she was abandoned by her husband, who was overwhelmed by the care of the septuplets.
Dolly Parton has 11 brothers and sisters, many of whom are also in show business.
Half siblings are related by blood through sharing one biological parent. For example, Alexis and Brandon are stepsiblings, and their parents' Jane and Joe have a baby together, who they name Sarah. Sarah is both Alexis and Brandon's half sister.
A Russian woman named Valentina Vassilyeva and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has produced. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a total of 27 births.
DNA from his son has been found to hold a “relevant biological relationship” with 47 people the doctor helped conceive, CNN reported. A documentary suggested he may have fathered about 200 children. The court also stated an “undisputed” number of children have similar appearances to him.
Johann Sebastian Bach, with his wives Maria Barbara (m. 1707–1720) and Anna Magdalena (m. 1721–1750), fathered 20 children over his lifetime. His first was born in 1708 when Bach was 23, with his last coming into the world in 1742, when the composer was 57.
According to a local monastery's report to the government in Moscow, between 1725 and 1765 Mrs Vassilyev popped out 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets, over 27 separate labours. The grand total: 69 children.
There's no maximum age that stops a man from being able to have a baby. You can become a father long into your older years, but there are risks.
While a 92-year-old woman delivering a 60-year-old baby may sound like a bizarre plot twist from the movie “Benjamin Button,” it's true. Huang Yijun, 92, of southern China, recently delivered a child which she'd been carrying for well over half a century. The baby wasn't alive, however.
If you are trying to get pregnant after age 50, you will probably need some fertility help. While it's not impossible to become pregnant naturally at 50, it is very rare. Women are born with all of the eggs they will ever have. As you get older, you have fewer eggs, and they are more likely to have abnormalities.
Erramatti Mangamma currently holds the record for being the oldest living mother who gave birth at the age of 73 through in-vitro fertilisation via caesarean section in the city of Hyderabad, India. She delivered twin baby girls, making her also the oldest mother to give birth to twins.
The longest recorded human pregnancy was 375 days, or just over 12 and a half months, according to Guinness World Records.
In May 2021, 26-year-old Halima Cisse from Mali set a world record when she gave birth to living nonuplets (nine babies). Cisse, who had previously been told she was carrying 7 babies, was admitted to the hospital at 25 weeks gestation where she remained on bedrest until her babies were born at 30 weeks via c-section.