Victoria’s Read

Youngest Mother: The youngest mother is Lina Medina, who delivered a 6½-pound boy by cesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939, at an age of 5 years and 7 months.

Oldest Mother: On Apr 9, 2003, Satyabhama Mahapatra, a 65-year-old retired schoolteacher in India, became the world’s oldest mother when she gave birth to a baby boy. Satyabhama and her husband had been married 50 years, but this is their first child.

Most Surviving Children: Bobbie McCaughey is the mother who holds the record for the most surviving children from a single birth. She gave birth to the first set of surviving septuplets.

Shortest Interval Between Two Children: Jayne Bleackley is the mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between two children.  The babies were born 208 days apart.

Longest Interval Between Two Children: Elizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children.  The babies were born 41 years 185 days apart.

Highest Recorded Number of Children: The highest officially recorded number of children born to one mother is 69. Between 1725 and 1765, she gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.

Highest Number of Children in Modern Times: The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. She is the mother of 64 children.