“The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765 a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets.”
At the risk of sounding a bit “earthy”, that woman’s “moneymaker” must have looked like an outfielder’s mitt after all that work. Absolutely incredible.
Whatever it looked like, it didn’t seem to bother her husband one bit.