Saturday, May 8, 2010

Celebrate Mother's Day, celebrate life!

Genesis tells us that Eve is the mother of all humans. In the New Testament we learn that the Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of God, hence the Mother of all Christians. Let us give thanks to God for our Heavenly Mother and for our own human mothers.

Here are some amazing but true stories of motherhood.

The youngest mother whose history is authenticated is Lina Medina, who delivered a 6½-pound boy by caesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939. Her age was only 5 years and 7 months. The child was raised as her brother and only discovered that Lina was his mother when he was 10.

Jayne Bleackley is the mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between two children born in separate confinements. She gave birth to Joseph Robert on September 3, 1999, and Annie Jessica Joyce on March 30, 2000. The babies were born 208 days apart.

Elizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children. She gave birth to Belinda on May 19,1956 and Joseph on November 20, 1997. The babies were born 41 years 185 days apart. Elizabeth was 60 years old when her son Joseph was born.

The highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69, to the first wife of Feodor Vassilyev (1707-1782) of Shuya, Russia. Between 1725 and 1765, in a total of 27 confinements, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets. 67 of them survived infancy.

The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, but only 55 of them are documented. She is listed in the 1999 Guinness World Records but was dropped from later editions.

Click here for more trivia on mothers and motherhood.

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