The story that took place in 2012 shocked everyone without exception, because in its center was a woman who gave birth to 10 children. Even foreign citizens did not stand aside, who called Kursk with great enthusiasm to find out the condition of newborn children in the local maternity hospital.

The beginning of the story about how a woman gave birth to 10 children in Kursk was more than usual. One morning, a woman with contractions turned to the local maternity hospital. The doctors were immediately surprised by the unusual size of her belly, which, against the background of the woman herself, seemed simply huge. In addition, she was never registered with a gynecologist, did not have a hospital card and did not do an ultrasound during the entire period of her pregnancy. Accordingly, the woman in labor did not know about the number of children she carries under her heart. There was no time left to do an ultrasound, and it was decided to immediately take delivery. Within half an hour after admission to the hospital, ten charming babies were born. This story was a real shock for local doctors, because the woman gave birth

Big harvest.

On this amazing day, Irina (that was the name of the young mother) gave birth to five girls and five boys, which shocked not only ordinary citizens, but also doctors who had seen a lot. They were especially struck by the fact that all the crumbs were completely healthy and full-term. The woman herself, who gave birth to 10 children, is also completely healthy and happy. She had long dreamed of having at least one child, but as a result she received as many as ten. Irina has already given names to all her children, however, she still confuses who is what.

Plans for the future.

Numerous aunts and grandmothers, who were immediately called from all over the Kursk region, will help Irina fight with an entire army of little ones. But dad, it seems, went to heal his spiritual wounds. It is known that he visited Irina only once. After learning how many children he had, the young father disappeared. Nobody saw him again. However, the brave woman herself, who gave birth to 10 children, is not afraid of any difficulties. In her mind, she is already calculating how much state money will be paid to her and gifts given for the birth of ten healthy citizens of Russia at once. But so far, only medical luminaries have become interested in such a phenomenal phenomenon, trying to solve the mystery of how exactly ten full-term babies could fit in a woman’s stomach at once.

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Kuryanka gave birth to ten children - the best April Fool's prank! (video)

The April Fool's hoax that a Kuryan woman gave birth to ten children was shown three years ago on the air of the Kursk television company Takt. Then, at the editorial meeting, it was decided to make three April Fools' stories. The first is about the fact that a monument to Lenin will be removed from the Red Square of Kursk, and a monument to Zhirinovsky will be erected in its place. The second is about the fact that an episode for the new film by Yuri Grymov “Lenin in the spill” is being filmed in Kursk, the third is about a woman who gave birth to ten children

Best April Fool's Prank

Of the three materials, one shot the most - about the mother-heroine. Its author, journalist Lyudmila Soboleva, was pregnant herself at that time, which, in fact, led to the idea of ​​creating just such a plot.

At first I thought about making a story about a woman giving birth to five children, then six. Well, I finally decided let it be ten, so that it’s completely implausible, - says Lyudmila Soboleva.

Lyudmila Soboleva still cannot understand how people could believe that a woman managed to endure and give birth to ten full-term babies!

Everything in our life is real - people decided so and ... believed in the prank, which was staged and filmed so masterfully that it left no doubt about its authenticity!

The role of the main character of the plot was played by Irina Alferova from Kursk. In fact, then she had one son, Ilya. He also played his role 3 years ago - he was one of the "magnificent ten". In fact, Irina has two children - Ilya and Lisa. Tatyana Alferova loves to joke, so she immediately agreed to participate in the draw.

A doctor came to me and said, you will be filming, but I didn’t mind, it was fun! - says Irina Alferova.

Shooting a story about the birth of ten children in the 6th maternity hospital of Kursk, indeed, was fun. Both the main character and the doctors immediately got used to their roles and worked literally from the first take. Perhaps this is partly why people did not see the joke and ... showed their best qualities. Residents of Kursk immediately began to collect money to help the mother-heroine, from whom, moreover, as it was said, her husband had left.

In a word, the story touched the nerves of all the people of Kursk, and then, when the April Fool's story was posted on the Internet, it shook the whole world. The very next day after the material was aired, all the participants of the drawing fully felt its consequences. The maternity hospital and the Takt TV company began to receive calls from a variety of people - from pensioners and engineers, business leaders and administration workers. They called from different cities and countries - from Russia, Israel, Germany, England, the USA, Austria ... People wanted to help and were even upset when they found out that all this was a hoax.

Be that as it may, all participants in the April Fool's joke believe that it revealed the most important thing - that people are ready to sympathize, help and laugh.

Carrying and raising even one child is a rather laborious task. However, historical documents claim that a certain woman gave birth to as many as 69 children. Is it true? And will modern medicine be able to expand women's reproductive opportunities? The correspondent of BBC Future is looking for an answer to these questions.

If the British yellow press existed in the 18th century, the story of the family of the Russian peasant Fyodor Vasiliev would have caused her crazy excitement.

What's the matter? It is believed that Vasiliev's first wife, whose name history has not preserved, holds the world record for the number of children born.

According to a message sent to Moscow by the monks of the Nikolsky Monastery, between 1725 and 1765, Vasilyeva managed to give birth to 16 pairs of twins, give birth to triplets seven times, and quadruples four times.

She gave birth, respectively, 27 times, total - 69 children.

One can only wonder how a modern newspaper editor would have reacted to such fertility, especially given the uproar surrounding the mother of octuals, Nadia Suleman (nicknamed "Octomam" and father of 14 children) and the British Radford family (their 17 children were featured in a TV documentary).

So, is it possible in principle to give birth to more than 60 children?

A woman could theoretically mother more children than we ever thought possible.

"Something from the realm of fantasy. Well, imagine 69 children? Come on!" says James Segars, director of reproductive and women's health research at Johns Hopkins University.

I decided to take a closer look at this surprising (and, at first glance, dubious) statement by consulting reproduction experts.

I was hoping to find out what the physical limits were to the number of children a woman could have naturally.

Along the way, it was discovered that thanks to the achievements of modern science, a woman can theoretically become the mother of more children than we ever thought possible.

Image copyrightGettyImage caption In Britain, only 1.5% of pregnancies are twins, and only 0.0003% of pregnancies are triplets

First, let's deal with the mathematical part of the Vasiliev story. Are 27 pregnancies possible in the 40 years in question?

At first it seems that there is nothing contrary to common sense in this - especially considering that triplets and quadruplets are usually born at earlier dates.

It turns out that in total Vasilyeva was pregnant for 18 years.

Let's make approximate calculations: 16 twins for 37 weeks; seven triplets at 32 weeks; four quarters of 30 weeks. It turns out that in total Vasilyeva was pregnant for 18 years out of 40. She was drawn to salty things - and so on for a couple of decades.

Another question is whether this is possible in reality.

First of all, it is necessary to understand whether a woman is able to maintain a constant readiness for childbearing over such a long period.

As a rule, the first menstruation in women occurs around the age of 15: every 28 days, an egg is released from their ovaries - usually one.

Ovulation is repeated until the ovaries are depleted of eggs during menopause, which occurs around the age of 51.

Image copyrightGettyImage caption Most women cannot get pregnant after the age of 45. Is there enough time to give birth to 69 children?

However, a woman's ability to conceive decreases sharply long before the onset of menopause.

"The chance of getting pregnant for a 45-year-old woman is about 1% per month," says Valerie Baker, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Aging women leads to a decrease in the number and quality of eggs. In the process of intrauterine development, a female embryo can have up to seven million immature eggs, and about a million remain at birth.

The ability to get pregnant decreases with each pregnancy, because each subsequent birth affects the body

An adult woman retains only a few hundred thousand eggs. Of this many cells inside the follicles, approximately 400 reach maturity and participate in ovulation, providing their carrier with approximately 30 years of potential childbearing.

The last eggs, which ovulate at the end of a woman's reproductive years, are much more at risk for mutations, genetic abnormalities, and other problems associated with aging.

Often, pregnancies involving such atypical eggs end spontaneously.

“Most women are not able to get pregnant after they reach 42-44 years old,” says James Segars. “But sometimes it happens closer to 50 years.”

Image copyrightGettyImage caption Women only have about a million eggs at birth, and the number is steadily declining

Moreover, the ability to get pregnant decreases with each pregnancy, because each subsequent birth affects the female reproductive system.

And if Vasilyeva breastfed her children - which is logical for a peasant woman who could not afford a nurse - ovulation did not occur in her body. This natural method of contraception would further reduce her chances of 69 pregnancies.

It turns out that Fedor and his wife were very lucky (or perhaps unlucky) that even after she reached 50 years old, she had no problems with having new children.

survive childbirth

And that's not all the difficulties associated with the birth of 69 babies.

Evolution has taken care of slowing down the female "biological clock", because bearing and giving birth to a child is an extremely difficult task, which only becomes more difficult with age.

"Restrictions must be set by nature itself," says Valerie Baker. "Pregnancy is the most stressful process a woman's body has ever gone through."

Image copyrightSPLImage caption Having multiple twins or triplets could theoretically lead to a large number of children in the family, but the health risks are high

How burdensome childbirth is for a woman gives the greatest reason to doubt the veracity of the story about 69 children - especially considering that the case was a couple of centuries ago in the Russian outback.

In developed countries, the availability of modern obstetric care (such as medically induced caesarean sections) has reduced maternal mortality.

In Britain, there are only eight deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 births during pregnancy or six weeks after it ends. These are the latest World Bank statistics.

Meanwhile, in one of the poorest countries on earth, Sierra Leone, the rate is 1,100 deaths per 100,000 births.

The tendency to have twins is usually hereditary. Maybe Vasilyeva expressed it especially brightly?

In this regard, the assumption that the wife of Fyodor Vasiliev survived 27 births is doubtful.

"Before, any pregnancy was a risk to the mother's life," explains Segars. With multiple births (for example, with the birth of a quadruple), the risk of serious life-threatening complications increases rapidly.

“Every pregnancy at that time was difficult, even if only one child was born,” says Jonathan Tilly of Northeastern University (USA), who is researching the use of oocyte stem cells to treat female infertility and other diseases (read more about this below).

A bunch of backbiters

Another aspect that looks implausible in the story of the Vasilievs is the possibility of multiple conceptions of two, three and four children at the same time.

There are two types of multiple pregnancies: either several eggs that leave the ovaries as a result of ovulation are successfully fertilized by spermatozoa (so-called fraternal twins), or one fertilized egg is divided into two or more viable embryos, resulting in identical twins with an identical genetic code.

Image copyrightSPLImage caption Modern fertilization technology makes it theoretically possible to have an infinite number of children

In general, such situations are extremely rare. So, in 2012 in Britain, the chance of giving birth to twins was only 1.5% of all pregnancies, triplets - an insignificant three ten thousandths of a percent, and four or more babies were born three times out of 778,805 times. This is evidenced by the statistics of the Multiple Births Foundation.

Yes, the tendency to give birth to twins is indeed hereditary, and in Fyodor Vasiliev's wife it could be expressed especially clearly.

However, in general, the likelihood that Vasilyeva was somehow able to conceive and survive the birth of at least 16 twins looks microscopic.

"There are 16 twins alone? I would be very surprised," Tilly comments.

Another wake-up call in the history of the Vasilievs: it is claimed that 67 of the 69 children born by them survived infancy.

In the 18th century, infant mortality was high even for children born as a result of a single pregnancy, and reached alarming levels in the event of the birth of twins and so on - these children are usually premature and less healthy.

Now surrogate mothers can carry fetuses from other parents, potentially further increasing the number of children in the family

"Even if you had quadruplets today, I'm not sure they would all survive," says James Segars.

Finally, it is impossible to believe in the existence of a woman ready for such a life. "Just imagine how stressful it is!" Valerie Baker says

Segars echoes her: "You can go crazy! I can't imagine what it was like to live in this house."

If, nevertheless, this story is a true story, and not a legend, then the endless need to take care of children could be the decisive reason for the Vasilyevs' divorce, which followed after several decades of marriage.

Already an elderly man, Fyodor Vasiliev remarried, and his new wife allegedly gave birth to "only" 18 children. This is to the question of topics for the yellow press.

Brave new world

So what is the real limit? The answer to this question is not so simple, since the "natural" restrictions that apply to the offspring of a single woman can now be circumvented.

Firstly, the development of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), which appeared in the late 1970s, led to a surge in the birth rate of twins, triplets, and so on (Nadya Suleman used ART).

Image copyrightSPLImage caption One researcher thinks there may someday be a way to activate a woman's ability to produce many times more eggs

Secondly, now surrogate mothers can carry fetuses from other parents, potentially further increasing the number of children in the family.

And here's what scientists have recently found out: we probably greatly underestimate women's reproductive capabilities.

According to research in recent years, inside the female ovaries are "oocyte stem cells" that, if properly stimulated, could lead to the creation of an almost infinite number of eggs.

Jonathan Tilly and his colleagues have collected information about these cells from a variety of creatures - from flies to monkeys.

In 2012, they got to the stem cells of human oocytes. As it turned out, they do not contribute to the production of eggs, unlike similar animal cells. For female flies, this is a common way to produce new eggs.

In principle, women could mother hundreds or even thousands of children.

Many doctors working in his field express doubts, but Jonathan Tilly is sure that there is a theoretical possibility to activate this mechanism in women.

He hopes to help women whose egg reserves are depleted, including prematurely - for example, due to cancer treatment.

If this hypothetical procedure really turns out to be possible, the imagination paints the following picture: fertility drugs are used to hyperstimulate the ovaries, with numerous follicles simultaneously maturing and ovulating.

This multitude of eggs can be surgically retrieved and fertilized in vitro, and then surgically placed in the wombs of any number of surrogate mothers whose job it is to deliver the fetuses. Each of them can potentially give birth to two or more twins.

Image copyrightSPLImage caption Men can be fathers to hundreds of children. What if science gives women the same opportunity?

Thus, from a reproductive point of view, women could approach men, becoming mothers for hundreds or even thousands of children - leaving the achievements of Fyodor Vasiliev's wife far behind.

However, Tilly makes it clear that his research in no way suggests that women will be able to have thousands of children. He intends to contribute to the elimination of infertility in those who have been diagnosed with such a diagnosis.

However, the researcher hopes that scientific advances will help equalize the reproductive opportunities of men and women.

After all, males produce millions of sperm throughout their lives, so the only natural limit to their offspring is the presence (or absence) of ovulating partners.

As soon as it comes to the idea that restrictions on female fertility may be lifted, everyone starts to go crazy Jonathan Tilly

Conqueror (and, some believe, serial rapist) Genghis Khan apparently fathered hundreds of children across his vast Asian empire some 800 years ago. According to genetics, about 16 million people living today are his descendants.

"Theoretically, men can become fathers before very old age, and if you start early, the situation can develop according to the model of Genghis Khan," says Jonathan Tilly.

According to him, "male fertility is really unlimited," but if we assume that his research will give the desired result, then "and female too."

If such a scenario does materialize, the existence of mothers with countless children will create a sensation, perhaps even more than the 69 children of the Vasilievs.

The question is: how would the public react to multiple fatherhood? If not so violent, is it fair?

“People take unrestricted male fertility for granted—everyone knows we can do that,” Tilly explains. “But as soon as it comes to the idea that female fertility restrictions might be lifted, everyone starts going crazy.”

The researcher believes that the issue needs to be considered in the future, and the equality for which women have deservedly fought for the past few decades should also apply to reproduction issues.

About this Tilly says this: "In fact, there should be no difference between the sexes."

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I believed. A woman from Kursk gave birth to 10 children at once!

Kuryanka gave birth to ten children - the best April Fool's prank! (video)

The April Fool's hoax that a Kuryan woman gave birth to ten children was shown three years ago on the air of the Kursk television company Takt. Then, at the editorial meeting, it was decided to make three April Fools' stories. The first is about the fact that a monument to Lenin will be removed from the Red Square of Kursk, and a monument to Zhirinovsky will be erected in its place. The second is about the fact that an episode for the new film by Yuri Grymov “Lenin in the spill” is being filmed in Kursk, the third is about a woman who gave birth to ten children

Best April Fool's Prank

Of the three materials, one shot the most - about the mother-heroine. Its author, journalist Lyudmila Soboleva, was pregnant herself at that time, which, in fact, led to the idea of ​​creating just such a story.

At first I thought about making a story about a woman giving birth to five children, then six. Well, I finally decided let it be ten, so that it’s completely implausible, - says Lyudmila Soboleva.

Lyudmila Soboleva still cannot understand how people could believe that a woman managed to endure and give birth to ten full-term babies!

Everything in our life is real - people decided so and ... believed in the prank, which was staged and filmed so masterfully that it left no doubt about its authenticity!

The role of the main character of the plot was played by Irina Alferova from Kursk. In fact, then she had one son, Ilya. He also played his role 3 years ago - he was one of the "magnificent ten". In fact, Irina has two children - Ilya and Lisa. Tatyana Alferova loves to joke, so she immediately agreed to participate in the draw.

A doctor came to me and said, you will be filming, but I didn’t mind, it was fun! - says Irina Alferova.

Shooting a story about the birth of ten children in the 6th maternity hospital of Kursk, indeed, was fun. Both the main character and the doctors immediately got used to their roles and worked literally from the first take. Perhaps this is partly why people did not see the joke and ... showed their best qualities. Residents of Kursk immediately began to collect money to help the heroine mother, who, moreover, as it was said, had lost her husband.

In a word, the story touched the nerves of all the people of Kursk, and then, when the April Fool's story was posted on the Internet, it shook the whole world. The very next day after the material was aired, all the participants of the drawing fully felt its consequences. The maternity hospital and the Takt TV company began to receive calls from a variety of people - from pensioners and engineers, business leaders and administration workers. They called from different cities and countries - from Russia, Israel, Germany, England, the USA, Austria ... People wanted to help and were even upset when they found out that all this was a hoax.

Be that as it may, all participants in the April Fool's joke believe that it revealed the most important thing - that people are ready to sympathize, help and laugh.

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The largest number of twins born at the same time - Olga Ignatova - Rossiyskaya Gazeta

But this, as they say, is not the limit. A greater number of twins have been born and are being born in the world. What is the largest number of children born at the same time?

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In October 2008, 31-year-old Digna Carpio from New York gave birth to six twins - four boys and two girls. The weight of babies at birth ranged from 0.68 to 0.9 kilograms. The happy mother and her husband, 36-year-old Victor, already had a seven-year-old son at that time.

The birth of six twins is an extremely rare occurrence, occurring in one in 4.4 million people. Only once before in New York were born six babies at once. It happened in 1997.

In October 2010, in the Italian city of Benevento, near Naples, 30-year-old Carmela Oliva had six children - four girls and two boys. In Italy, this was the first such case in the last 14 years.

To help the babies be born, doctors were forced to resort to a caesarean section. Children were born with low weight - from 600 to 800 grams. According to doctors, this phenomenon is not associated with artificial insemination, but with the treatment that the mother underwent - the fact is that Italian laws prohibit transplanting more than three embryos.

Setuples

Bobbie McCaughey (USA) gave birth to 7 children on November 19, 1997. They weighed between 1048 and 1474 grams and were born at 31 weeks pregnant within 16 minutes by caesarean section.

The most numerous twins born at the same time

In August 2008, in the northern Egyptian province of Beheira, the 27-year-old wife of a local farmer, Ghazalu Khamis, gave birth to seven twins at once! As it turned out, the Egyptian dreamed of giving her husband a son and was taking pregnancy-stimulating drugs. The result is four sons and three daughters.

Ghazala Khamis was placed under observation two months before the birth: the development of twins in the womb did not cause concern - the doctors were only worried about the increasing pressure on the kidneys. After a caesarean section, the woman in labor also underwent a blood transfusion. But all the crumbs were born healthy and quite large - from 1.4 to 2.8 kg, which in itself is a mystery of nature.

Eights

On January 26, 2009, 33-year-old Nadi Suleman gave birth to eight twins, all of whom were healthy.

The mother of the newborn eight then lived with her other children and parents in the suburbs of Los Angeles - in the small town of Whittier. The family already grew up six kids aged two to seven years, among whom there is a pair of twins.

The children's grandmother left her job and devoted herself entirely to her daughter's family. And grandfather, to help Nadia, went to Iraq to work under a contract. Nadia herself claimed that she decided to take this step because of her own childhood, in which she missed her brothers and sisters so much. In addition, the eccentric American said that she was following the example of her idol, the large Angelina Jolie. A few years ago, Suleman even had plastic surgery to look like an actress.

Eight was conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Doctors in such cases insist on the reduction (removal) of a part of the embryos. After all, such a number of them can adversely affect both the health of the mother and the health of future children.

But the Californian, with the support of her large family, refused to reduce. A single mother divorced her husband a long time ago precisely because they could not have children together.

The delivery by caesarean section was nine weeks ahead of schedule. A team of 46 doctors who took birth was expecting the birth of seven babies, which, although not often, does happen. However, there were eight newborns - six boys and two girls - and they are all quite healthy. The weight of babies is from 700 g to 1.9 kg. Seven of them immediately breathed on their own and were bottle fed. The whole family was discharged from the maternity hospital home in just a week.

The most numerous twins born at the same time

From 10 and more

There is information about the birth of ten twins at once. Such cases were recorded in Spain in 1924, in China in 1936 and in Brazil in 1946. But this is not the limit.

Eleven children at once - this is the largest number of twins, information about which is known. The first birth of 11 twins occurred on May 29, 1971 in the USA, in the city of Philadelphia. The second - in 1977 in Bangladesh, in the city of Bagarhat. In both cases, none of the children, unfortunately, survived.

Moreover

The largest number of children born to one mother

The largest number of children born to one mother, according to official figures, is 69. According to reports made in 1782, between 1725 and 1765. The wife of a Russian peasant, Fyodor Vasiliev, gave birth 27 times, giving birth to twins 16 times, triplets 7 times and 4 twins 4 times. Of these, only 2 children died in infancy.

Of our contemporaries, the most prolific mother is Leontina Albina of San Antonio, Chile, who gave birth to 55 children between 1943-81. As a result of the first 5 pregnancies, she gave birth to triplets, and exclusively male.

The woman who gave birth the most times

The record 38 births are said to have been given to Elizabeth Greenhill of Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, UK. She had 39 children - 32 daughters and 7 sons - and died in 1681.

The largest father

The largest father in history is the Russian peasant of the village of Vvedensky Yakov Kirillov, who in 1755 was presented to the court in connection with this (he was then 60 years old). The first wife of a peasant gave birth to 57 children: 4 times four, 7 times three, 9 times two, and 2 times one. The second wife gave birth to 15 children. Thus, Yakov Kirillov had 72 children from two wives.

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The story that took place in 2012 shocked everyone without exception, because in its center was a woman who gave birth to 10 children. Even foreign citizens did not stand aside, who called Kursk with great enthusiasm to find out the condition of newborn children in the local maternity hospital.

amazing birth

The beginning of the story about how a woman gave birth to 10 children in Kursk was more than usual. One morning, a woman with contractions turned to the local maternity hospital. The doctors were immediately surprised by the unusual size of her belly, which, against the background of the woman herself, seemed simply huge. In addition, she was never registered with a gynecologist, did not have a hospital card and did not do an ultrasound during the entire period of her pregnancy. Accordingly, the woman in labor did not know about the number of children she carries under her heart.

There was no time left to do an ultrasound, and it was decided to immediately take delivery. Within half an hour after admission to the hospital, ten charming babies were born. This story was a real shock for local doctors, because the woman gave birth to 10 children at once.

big harvest

On this amazing day, Irina (that was the name of the young mother) gave birth to five girls and five boys, which shocked not only ordinary citizens, but also doctors who had seen a lot. They were especially struck by the fact that all the crumbs were completely healthy and full-term.

The woman herself, who gave birth to 10 children, is also completely healthy and happy. She had long dreamed of having at least one child, but as a result she received as many as ten. Irina has already given names to all her children, however, she still confuses who is what.

Plans for the future

Numerous aunts and grandmothers, who were immediately called from all over the Kursk region, will help Irina fight with an entire army of little ones. But dad, it seems, went to heal his spiritual wounds. It is known that he visited Irina only once. After learning how many children he had, the young father disappeared. Nobody saw him again.

However, the brave woman herself, who gave birth to 10 children, is not afraid of any difficulties. In her mind, she is already calculating how much state money will be paid to her and gifts given for the birth of ten healthy citizens of Russia at once. But so far, only medical luminaries have become interested in such a phenomenal phenomenon, trying to solve the mystery of how exactly ten full-term babies could fit in a woman’s stomach at once.

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True, a few days later, in the newspapers, information appeared that the woman who gave birth to 10 children was just the original one that reporters from local television decided to pamper their townspeople with.

In general, within the framework of the editorial planning meeting, it was proposed to make three stories:

1. The fact that on the main square of Kursk the monument to Lenin will be replaced by a monument to Zhirinovsky.
2. About the shooting of an episode for a new film in Kursk.
3. About the birth of a woman in a local maternity hospital of ten children at the same time.

Not surprisingly, of the three proposed ideas, the last one literally "shot", because it was about a mother-heroine, who, moreover, after that would have to raise her children alone. The idea of ​​such a report originated with the journalist Lyudmila Soboleva, who herself was pregnant at that time.

Initially, it was planned to report that the woman was pregnant with five or six children, but later everyone came to the conclusion that it would be best to tell about ten children, so that it was definitely implausible. The young journalist still cannot believe that many people, not only in Russia, but also abroad, were able to peck at this duck, because a woman who gave birth to 10 children simply could not bear them and give birth healthy.

The truth about filming

In fact, Irina did give birth in 2012. But she gave birth not to ten children, but to one son, Ilya. He also got his share of popularity, playing the role of one of ten newborns. In general, the mother-heroine has two children - Lisa and Ilya. Irina loves to joke very much, so she agreed to this without hesitation.

The mother-heroine recalls that on the eve of the birth, a doctor came to her and asked to take part in the filming of the plot, the main character of which should be a woman who gave birth to 10 children at the same time. To which Irina immediately agreed, because it's a lot of fun.

All the shoots were really fun. The film crew notes that both Irina and all the doctors of the maternity hospital immediately got used to their roles and were able to work them out from the first take, with virtually no blots. Perhaps for this reason, numerous viewers of the video could not understand that everything that happened was just an innocent April Fool's joke. Local residents even began to collect money to help the mother-heroine, who, moreover, was left by her husband, who was not ready for such a large number of newborns.

The history of the Kursk maternity hospital touched almost all local residents, and after it was posted on the Internet, it shocked the whole world. On many foreign sites, discussions began to appear about how a woman gave birth to 10 children in Russia.

Already on the first day after the broadcast, the participants in the story experienced for themselves what popularity is. Citizens from all over the country and even the world began to call to help the young mother. And how upset they were when they heard that it was just a prank!

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A woman who gave birth to 10 children - fact or fiction?

The story that took place in 2012 shocked everyone without exception, because in its center was a woman who gave birth to 10 children. Even foreign citizens did not stand aside, who called Kursk with great enthusiasm to find out the condition of newborn children in the local maternity hospital.

amazing birth

The beginning of the story about how a woman gave birth to 10 children in Kursk was more than usual. One morning, a woman with contractions turned to the local maternity hospital. The doctors were immediately surprised by the unusual size of her belly, which, against the background of the woman herself, seemed simply huge. In addition, she was never registered with a gynecologist, did not have a hospital card and did not do an ultrasound during the entire period of her pregnancy. Accordingly, the woman in labor did not know about the number of children she carries under her heart.

There was no time left to do an ultrasound, and it was decided to immediately take delivery. Within half an hour after admission to the hospital, ten charming babies were born. This story was a real shock for local doctors, because the woman gave birth to 10 children at once.

big harvest

On this amazing day, Irina (that was the name of the young mother) gave birth to five girls and five boys, which shocked not only ordinary citizens, but also doctors who had seen a lot. They were especially struck by the fact that all the crumbs were completely healthy and full-term.

The woman herself, who gave birth to 10 children, is also completely healthy and happy. She had long dreamed of having at least one child, but as a result she received as many as ten. Irina has already given names to all her children, however, she still confuses who is what.

Plans for the future

Numerous aunts and grandmothers, who were immediately called from all over the Kursk region, will help Irina fight with an entire army of little ones. But dad, it seems, went to heal his spiritual wounds. It is known that he visited Irina only once. After learning how many children he had, the young father disappeared. Nobody saw him again.

However, the brave woman herself, who gave birth to 10 children, is not afraid of any difficulties. In her mind, she is already calculating how much state money will be paid to her and gifts given for the birth of ten healthy citizens of Russia at once. But so far, only medical luminaries have become interested in such a phenomenal phenomenon, trying to solve the mystery of how exactly ten full-term babies could fit in a woman’s stomach at once.

exposure

True, a few days later, the newspapers reported that a woman who gave birth to 10 children was just an original prank on April 1, with which reporters from local television decided to pamper their townspeople.

In general, within the framework of the editorial planning meeting, it was proposed to make three stories:

1. The fact that on the main square of Kursk the monument to Lenin will be replaced by a monument to Zhirinovsky.
2. About the shooting of an episode for a new film in Kursk.
3. About the birth of a woman in a local maternity hospital of ten children at the same time.

Not surprisingly, of the three proposed ideas, the last one literally "shot", because it was about a mother-heroine, who, moreover, after that would have to raise her children alone. The idea of ​​such a report originated with the journalist Lyudmila Soboleva, who herself was pregnant at that time.

Initially, it was planned to report that the woman was pregnant with five or six children, but later everyone came to the conclusion that it would be best to tell about ten children, so that it was definitely implausible. The young journalist still cannot believe that many people, not only in Russia, but also abroad, were able to peck at this duck, because a woman who gave birth to 10 children simply could not bear them and give birth healthy.

The truth about filming

In fact, Kursk resident Irina did give birth in 2012. But she gave birth not to ten children, but to one son, Ilya. He also got his share of popularity, playing the role of one of ten newborns. In general, the mother-heroine has two children - Lisa and Ilya. Irina loves to joke very much, so she agreed to such an April Fool's joke without hesitation.

The mother-heroine recalls that on the eve of the birth, a doctor came to her and asked to take part in the filming of the plot, the main character of which should be a woman who gave birth to 10 children at the same time. To which Irina immediately agreed, because it's a lot of fun.

All the shoots were really fun. The film crew notes that both Irina and all the doctors of the maternity hospital immediately got used to their roles and were able to work them out from the first take, with virtually no blots. Perhaps for this reason, numerous viewers of the video could not understand that everything that happened was just an innocent April Fool's joke. Local residents even began to collect money to help the mother-heroine, who, moreover, was left by her husband, who was not ready for such a large number of newborns.

The history of the Kursk maternity hospital touched almost all local residents, and after it was posted on the Internet, it shocked the whole world. On many foreign sites, discussions began to appear about how a woman gave birth to 10 children in Russia.

Already on the first day after the broadcast, the participants in the story experienced for themselves what popularity is. Citizens from all over the country and even the world began to call the maternity hospital to help the young mother. And how upset they were when they heard that it was just a prank!