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Ultra-Orthodox grandmother gives birth to her 20TH child

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish grandmother has given birth to her twentieth child in Jerusalem, but she still has a long way to go before breaking the Guinness World Record (file image)
  • An unnamed 42-year-old man was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem
  • Gran has spent 14 years of her life waiting and has given birth 19 times.
  • But he has 49 more children left if he wants to beat the world record.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish grandmother has given birth to her twentieth child in Jerusalem, but she still has a long way to go before breaking the Guinness World Record.

The unnamed 42-year-old woman was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem after going into labor on Wednesday.

The nurses were left speechless when the modest woman revealed that she was already a 20-year-old mother and that this was her 19th pregnancy.

The grandmother has spent a total of 14 years of her life waiting and has given birth 19 times, including a set of twins.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish grandmother has given birth to her twentieth child in Jerusalem, but she still has a long way to go before breaking the Guinness World Record (file image)

But she still has a long way to go if she wants to beat the current world record held by an 18th century Russian peasant woman.

The wife of Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707–c1782), a peasant from Shuya, Russia, gave birth to 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.

However, this Jewish grandmother is fighting for her money, having spent 14 years of her life pregnant.

Speaking to hospital staff, he admitted that his older children were starting their own families.

Midwife Aliza Altmark said The times of Israel The woman was preparing for childbirth when the mother revealed that she already had 19 children, including a set of twins, from 18 previous births.

The unnamed 42-year-old woman was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem (above) after going into labor on Wednesday.

The unnamed 42-year-old woman was rushed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem (above) after going into labor on Wednesday.

Altmark said the mother was calm and relaxed and the delivery lasted a few hours, longer than the woman’s previous deliveries.

“I was very excited about every birth, every child, even the 19th and the 20th,” Altmark told the newspaper. ‘It also gave me a good feeling. He has sons and daughters-in-law and, of course, he has a lot of help at home.’

The hospital said the baby was born naturally and without complications.

The most prolific mother according to the Guinness World Record website was Mrs. Vassilyeva, an 18th-century Russian peasant who had 69 children.

During 27 births, Vassilyeva gave birth to 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.

THE WOMAN WHO HAD 69 CHILDREN

Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev (b. 1707 – c. 1782), a peasant woman from Shuya, Russia, was said to have had 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.

There are numerous contemporary sources that suggest this seemingly improbable story is true.

The case was reported to Moscow by the Nikolsk monastery on February 27, 1782, which had registered all the births. It is noted that, at this time, only two of the children who were born in period c. 1725-1765 they did not manage to survive their childhood.

Apart from her fertility, not much is known about Mrs Vassilyev, although she is believed to have lived to be 76 years old.

The Guinness Book of Records reports that this all-time record should be taken with a pinch of salt, but adds that it is possible that the 69-year-old mother could have had a genetic predisposition to hyperovulate.

This would have allowed her to release several eggs in one cycle, significantly increasing the chances of having twins or multiple children.

It is also not impossible for a woman to have 27 pregnancies during her fertile years.

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