How many kids can you have at once?

There's no scientific limit, but the largest reported number of fetuses in one womb was 15. In 1971, Dr. Gennaro Montanino of Rome claimed to have removed 15 fetuses from the womb of a 35-year-old woman.
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What is the largest number of babies born at once?

Multiple births of as many as eight babies have been born alive, the first surviving set on record goes to the Suleman octuplets, born in 2009 in Bellflower, California. As of 2019, all of them were alive and turned 10 years old.
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What are 12 babies born at once called?

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.
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What is 10 babies born at once called?

The Suleman octuplets (born 26 January 2009, in Bellflower, California, United States) were the world's first set of octuplets to survive infancy. One week after birth, the Suleman octuplets became the longest-living octuplets in known history.
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What is the maximum kids you can have?

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. But the "most prolific mother ever," according to Guinness World Records, was Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev in 19th century Russia.
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How Many Children Can A Human Have In A Lifetime?



What is considered too many kids?

Since having five or more kids is generally the cutoff point for being considered a “large” family, here are all the ways your parenting will change once you hit that pivotal plus-five milestone.
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Is there a child limit in China?

The end of China's one-child policy was announced in late 2015, and it formally ended in 2016. Beginning in 2016, the Chinese government allowed all families to have two children, and in 2021 all married couples were permitted to have as many as three children.
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Can men get pregnant?

'" Since 2000, several hoax web sites have appeared on the Internet purporting to describe the world's first pregnant man. While some rely on legitimate scientific claims, no such experiment has ever been reported.
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Can a child have two fathers?

Superfecundation is the fertilization of two or more ova from the same cycle by sperm from separate acts of sexual intercourse, which can lead to twin babies from two separate biological fathers. The term superfecundation is derived from fecund, meaning the ability to produce offspring.
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What birth only happens every 480 years?

In the Czech Republic quintuplets are born on average once every 480 years,” doctor Alena Mechurova said.
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Who has the most kids in the world?

"In the day of 27 February 1782, the list from Nikolskiy monastery came to Moscow containing the information that a peasant of the Shuya district, Feodor Vassilyev, married twice, had 87 children. His first wife in 27 confinements gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.
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What are 11 twins called?

For instance: quadruplets, quintuplets, etc.,... In the case of the 11 babies born at once, according to Oakton, there is a Latin prefix called "deca" (meaning "10") and following that is the term "hendec" that means "11."
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What is the smallest baby ever born that survived?

Chiu A. 'She's a miracle:' Born weighing about as much as 'a large apple,'Saybie is the world's smallest surviving baby.
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Who is the oldest woman to give birth?

Erramatti Mangayamma at age 74 gave birth to twins in India last week after becoming pregnant through IVF, making her the oldest person ever to give birth, according to her doctors, and reigniting debate over so-called geriatric pregnancies.
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What is the biggest pregnancy ever?

In 2014, Lara Carpenter Beck was 29 years old and pregnant with a girl. Around the end of her pregnancy she ended up gaining around 90 pounds and had a belly that measured around 55 inches. She gave birth to a healthy baby who weighed around nine pounds.
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Can a baby eat its twin in the womb?

Parasitic twins differ from vanishing twins. With vanishing twins, early ultrasound or fetal heartbeat confirms the presence of two fetuses. But in later tests, only one fetus remains. The vanishing twin is absorbed by the remaining twin, the placenta, or the mother's body.
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Can 2 females have a baby?

Two cisgender women (meaning assigned female at birth) in a relationship cannot become pregnant without some form of assisted reproductive technology (ART). The reasoning goes back to basic biology and how an embryo is formed. To create an embryo, a sperm cell and egg cell must meet in some way.
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Can a woman get pregnant by 2 guys at the same time?

This is the first step in making any fraternal twins. The difference in this case is that each egg is fertilized by a different man's sperm. This can happen if the woman is with two different men at a time when she can become pregnant. The process goes by the awful name heteropaternal superfecundation.
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Can you get pregnant while pregnant?

A double pregnancy, or superfetation, is extremely rare — in fact, there aren't even stats on how often it happens — but it's scientifically possible. We're not saying you should worry about it happening to you, just that you can't say that it's impossible.
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How can I get twins?

Twins can occur either when two separate eggs become fertilized in the womb or when a single fertilized egg splits into two embryos. Having twins is more common now than it was in the past. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , twin births have nearly doubled over the last 40 years.
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How many kids can you have in Japan?

A two-child policy is a government-imposed limit of two children allowed per family or the payment of government subsidies only to the first two children.
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What country pays you to have babies?

Sweden pays parents for having kids — and it reaps huge benefits.
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What happened to twins in China?

Twins. Since there are no penalties for multiple births, it is believed that an increasing number of couples are turning to fertility medicines to induce the conception of twins. According to a 2006 China Daily report, the number of twins born per year was estimated to have doubled.
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What is the happiest family size?

Four is the magic number

In a study conducted by Dr Bronwyn Harman from the Edith Cowan University in Perth, it was found that parents with four or more children are the happiest parents.
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What is the youngest baby to walk?

Freya Minter is the youngest baby on record to walk!

Freya Minter was six months old when she took her first steps, leaving the rest of her age bracket in the dust.
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