I had read about her before. The part that amazes me is that she had 69 babies, and yet never had singleton! She must have released way more eggs per cycle than average. Makes my little family of 8 look tiny.
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I think that story is a hoax. You would have more singletons than multiple births based on statistics. Its statistically impossible to birth 69 children with no singletons.
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I think that story is a hoax. You would have more singletons than multiple births based on statistics. Its statistically impossible to birth 69 children with no singletons.
Statistics don't always tell the whole story, though. There are individual cases that don't fit the statistics. I think it's entirely possible that for some reason this woman always released a lot of eggs per cycle.
Remember that discussion a while back about that site that used statistics to estimate how many people had your name. According to that site, there are 0 people with my name.
ETA: To me the incredible thing about this story (if it is true) is that most of them lived.
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I think that story is a hoax. You would have more singletons than multiple births based on statistics. Its statistically impossible to birth 69 children with no singletons.
If she double ovulated every month.....it can happen. I know of a girl who as she was past 30, would double ovulate every month. She had miscarried twins and got preggo the next time with twins again. The doc told her if she continued, she would most likely continue to have twins or more than twins.
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Well four is my limit since that is what I have and I am not having anymore. lol But had I had more kids closer together than having two, then a huge gap and two more, I would have loved to have lots - if I were weathy and had a dh who wanted more. But in my life, with my reality, my hands are more than full. 69???? Geesh. I couldn't imagine having more than ten.
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I am somewhat limited by finances here, as it is not likely I will be dropping 22K on adopting a child from Ukraine on a regular basis. If the money fell in my lap, I would love to adopt at least one more special needs child from Ukraine.
Hmmm. Wierd. I just realized I miss Ukraine. I would love to go there just to do the tourist thing ,as we did not get to do much of that on our adoption trip.
Anyhoo, I don't put limits on kids. We plan, God laughs. Easy for me to say after 7 miscarriages though.
Well, 4's my limit and we are done, done, done. I love my kids to pieces, but I am selfish and ready for some me-time. And some DH-time. I guess if I didn't AP, then it might be a little easier to keep having kids and keeping up with them....but, when I have a baby they are glued to my boob for 3 yrs or so. I wouldn't have it any other way, but it is hard. DH does help, but then he's gone 12 hours a day, and well, no boobs. LOL
I don't know, if I had tons of family around to help, a housekeeper, cook and chauffer, then I bet I could handle more. Since that's not happening, 4 is really my limit.
Did I mention how expensive 4 kids are, especially now that the older ones are hitting the pre-teen years? And it's only going to get worse. They aren't high-maintenance, either, but they do have needs..
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I hope I'm never in the situation where I have to chose a limit based on finances. We're not rich my any means, but I think we could always cut down on things enough to support our children. BUT, I am saying this with only 1.7 children right now. Ask me this again in like, 3 years, and I have a feeling I'll be singing a different tune!
DH and I both agreed that 5 would be a good number. He comes from a very large family, me, a very small family. So 5 seemed like a happy medium.
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I think that story is a hoax. You would have more singletons than multiple births based on statistics. Its statistically impossible to birth 69 children with no singletons.
It's not statistically impossible, but the odds are exceeeeeeeeeeedingly rare.
It's like the recent statistic which says that 100% of the US population will be overweight by 2030 (or something like that). It doesn't mean that there will be no one who is not overweight, but that the percentage will be something like .0001% - still will exist, but statistically rare.
Or the person with an IQ of 190. It's technically possible, but the odds are about ten billion to one.
That said, I think the statistics are so incredibly rare on that one (I'm sure someone could compute them; shoot, I could, but I'm just not going to ) that it wouldn't surprise me if it were made up.
Now, as for me and mine, I think I'd have to say that MY limit would probably be six.
Yes, you see two children in my siggy.
Yes, my dh has had a vasectomy.
HE is done at two. So, I'm done with him and I see wonderful positives to being done. That said, my limit would probably be six.
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odds of such a combination are (I'm sure there is a freakin' huge margin of error on this one): .0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000066246%
I don't have a limit... I'm hoping to adopt in the future and would love a house full of kids of all different ages!!!
As for the wonder woman... Maybe she ate alot of soy? It's a natural equivalent to Clomid, a fertility drug. I took a Soy supplement myself at the beginning of this successful cycle. But, I doubt I have multiples.
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So how many children did you say was a "limit" for you?
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I am somewhat limited by finances here, as it is not likely I will be dropping 22K on adopting a child from Ukraine on a regular basis. If the money fell in my lap, I would love to adopt at least one more special needs child from Ukraine. 
I guess if I didn't AP, then it might be a little easier to keep having kids and keeping up with them....but, when I have a baby they are glued to my boob for 3 yrs or so. I wouldn't have it any other way, but it is hard. DH does help, but then he's gone 12 hours a day, and well, no boobs. LOL
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