I am often in awe of my great-grandmother..as I stated, she raised 12 children into adulthood, most of them not dying until they were well into their 90s and a few well over the age of 100...great-grammie herself lived to be well into her 90s...
But what astounds me, is that she also buried 5 other children before they ever reached the age of 6...and had several miscarriages, or babies born dead...the relatives figure that great grammie probably was pregnant about 24 times, during her lifetime...
Even more astounding, is that she made time for all her children, her grandchildren, her great grandchildren, and her great great grandchildren...she loved us all...when she died, the funeral home could not accomodate all those present, in just one viewing room...they had to open up all the other viewing rooms, and pipe in the service via an intercom set up...she was a beloved woman who produced a literal army of descendants...
She sounds wonderful. Today, because most women don't want to be pregnant for half their lives, and marry older, and have the pill, is the reason for less children. That and abortion on demand. Wisdom teeth got nothing to do with it.