Do you know which woman has the record of having the most children at one time (all of whom survived)?
But before that, the record was held by Bobby McCoffy of the United States, who gave birth to seven children in November 1997, and for the first time, these were the seven children who survived and were raised together and are now 22 years old.
Kenny and Bobby McCoffy, both from Iowa, USA, had their first daughter and just wanted another child to complete the family, but the effort came as a big surprise.
He was undergoing fertility treatment from a doctor for the baby's desire and when the scan was done during a routine check-up, the doctor was stunned to see the result. In fact, the ultrasound revealed that the couple had 7 children. Giving birth to twins or 3 babies during fretality treatment is quite common but 7 babies proved to be very unusual and the couple had to decide whether they want to give birth to them or put Bobby to death.
According to Bobby, "I called my wife and found out about the results of the ultrasound scan, so her voice sounded weird and I didn't understand what she said. I told her to put it bluntly. The answer was 7, at that moment I just thought about how to feed so many children and how to meet their needs, then I said no, no, no, no, are you serious? '
According to Bobby, the doctors said that some of the genes should be removed so that other babies could be saved, but Bobby rejected this outright and decided to give birth to all the babies. There is also a 50% chance of a healthy baby at birth, while about 50% of attempts to give birth to twins or more end in an abortion.
However, Bobby McCoffy was lucky, doctors feared she would not survive, but nothing went wrong, and on November 21, 2017, she gave birth to 4 boys and 3 girls, 9 weeks ahead of schedule. He underwent surgery and remained in hospital for two months.
After the children came home, the mother had great difficulty raising them because they needed 42 bottles of food and 52 diapers a day. Bobby says that in the beginning, relatives helped her a lot. And they always had someone with them.
The then US President Bill Clinton invited the family and congratulated them, while NGOs guaranteed the family two years of diapers, plenty of food, a big house and free education at any college in Iowa. The family was also met exclusively by another US president, George W. Bush. But not everyone supported the family, and the letters they received included letters about child abuse and world resources. Would be charged with loss.
Two of the seven children suffered from cerebral palsy and underwent multiple surgeries that left them unable to walk without help. In their early years, volunteers helped the family and over time After all, her parents no longer needed diapers, and after some time, Bobby began working part-time.
As the children got older, they began to help Bobby. "The girls helped a lot in the kitchen, they were interested in cooking and making it edible, while the boys cleaned the leaves from the lawn or washed the car."
When the children were 10 years old, they needed 11 liters of milk, 6 packets of cereals and a lot of bread every week. They had 2 ovens, 2 microwave ovens, 2 dishwashers, 2 washing machines and dryers in their house and the premises. I used to grow vegetables.
All these children continued to perform well in the field of education, 4 of them went to university, one went to college and one chose a military career and is now getting married very soon.
Simply put, everyone graduated from school and now Kenny and Bobby decided to move into a smaller apartment while the 7-room house where their children grew up was given to a young mother-supporting organization.
