Record for most babies

alphafe · Oct 24, 2004

"...G15P14"

I'm not a nurse yet! Would someone translate?

:uhoh21:

Trauma Columnist · Oct 24, 2004

15 pregnancies, 14 living children! Yikes! I have a small family - just my sister and me and our families.

NurseyBaby'05, BSN, RN · Oct 24, 2004

NurseBaby/Elizabeth -- What a great post! Your parents must have been amazing people! Your story tugs at my heart a bit, I have an only who has no cousins and I worry constantly about who will be there for her! I hope she marries into a big loving family! Thanks for sharing such a positive experience of a big family! B.

I know what you mean. DH is one of two and MIL is an only. DH gets along with my family better than I do sometimes. He and one of my brothers are three weeks apart and they all like to fish so it has worked out really well. If your DD marries into a family like mine, they'll spoil her rotten. :) It's overwhelming sometimes, believe me, but worth it.

christinemj · Oct 24, 2004

I have a friend that is currently pregnant with #12. 1 set of twins in there. She is currently 35.

I had a great-aunt that had 16 children. Needless to say, the attendance at her funeral was HUGE!!!

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Oct 24, 2004

Not a record for the most but our unit recently had an infant that the mom was G8 P1. But. . . Mom was 16. She was a piece of work. Claimed one of the nurses slapped her baby.

June55Baby · Oct 28, 2004

Cared for a mother once who delivered 37 week triplets. Yep, big babies at over 6# each and they went straight from delivery to well nursery. Along with newborn triplets, this mama had 18 month old twins, AND a 4 y/o, 6 y/o, 8 y/o, 10 y/o and 12 y/o. Ten kids and she told us she would have more if God allowed. She was a great mama, serene and nurturing.

OCCHCanada · Oct 28, 2004

Serene is a great word for high birth numbered mothers...how could they be anything other.

kristylee · Oct 28, 2004

My dad is 1 of 10 children. I think there are over 30 grandchildren!

momtotwinglesx5 · Oct 29, 2004

I went to school with a boy who was one of 19 kids (all singletons) of a farming couple. He was one of the younger ones. Years later, when I worked in the local Family Planning clinic, several of the young women who were clients were the grandchildren of this couple. I found it rather sad that many of these cousins couldn't name all of their aunts & uncles and some didn't even know of each other's (1st cousins) existance.

Jamesdotter · Oct 29, 2004

When my dh was working for the state in the 60's he had a client who had 24 or 25--all singletons. He couldn't believe it either and checked it out. Yep--all the same 2 parents.

mhull · Feb 22, 2005

My sister had a baby last Tuesday, and while I was waiting in the waiting room, there was a dad in there talking about this being him and his wife's 12th child. I could not believe someone would be having there 12th child. He looked early 30s. I know that was an uncommon number years ago, but all I could think was wow, how do you feed, bathe, pay for 12 children?

nurturing_angel · Feb 22, 2005

My mother had 12 children but only raised 8 of us to adulthood. We all had the same father. We are very close and most live in close proximity to the rest. 2 girls and 1 boy live about 3 hours away and we still get together several times a year.

During my experience as a maternity nurse I knew a Amish family that delivered numerous babies at my hospital....last count that I am aware of was 15 children. 9 boys and 6 girls. And they claimed they were not finished yet!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, a family lived lived down the street from me at one time that had....without the use of fertility drugs...3 singletons, 1 set of twins, 2 sets of triplets and 1 set of quadruplets...15 kids!!!!!!!!! WOWSIE!!!!! I am still amazed at this family. It was so cool to see them all taking their daily walks through the neighborhood pushing their babies in the strollers.

Vickie :Melody: