👩🍼🧐 She gave birth to 69 children!
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- This woman had 69 children and is known for giving birth to the most children ever.
Valentina Vassilyev was a peasant born in the 18th century. Over a 40-year period, she had 27 multiple pregnancies, resulting in 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets. Surprisingly, all but two of her children survived childbirth, which is remarkable considering that she only had access to a midwife for assistance during that time.
Valentina spent much of her life pregnant and died in 1782 at the age of 75. Her story is one of the most incredible tales of motherhood in history, and her genes will continue to shape future generations for years to come.
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- Guiness World Record: www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-prolific-mother-ever
- BBC: www.bbc.com/future/article/20151020-did-one-woman-really-give-birth-to-69-children
- Marca: www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/2023/07/01/64a02569ca4741a8518b459a.html
I don't know you. I will definitely like the videos which contain very rare and amazing facts
Have you heard about Mama Uganda? She has 44 children.
@@lifeinpodunkville543 That’s incredible!!!
this story is a total lie. stop this rubbish
Incredible.!!!!
Prodigious!!!!
No one in history has ever been as tired as this woman. Ever.
Her older children took care of the younger ones and surely they helped their mother
@@mgpsaroudaki right..... She was pregnant constantly. That is the most tired anyone could be.
😂😂😂
Poor woman.
She wasn't raped to be "poor woman" She brought her children into the world. And almost all of them were alive!@@nancynelosn5830
She did not need a village... she was the village :)
Lollll
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Village People 😂😂
Exactly
Omg 😂😂😂
I didn't have a midwife when I had my first baby. We didn't make it to the hospital! So my husband pulled up to the nursing home and thats where she was born. All the elderly people wanted to see my baby! Today my daughter works at that same nursing home!!
Thats sweet ❤
What a great story!
How many husbands????
❤
Aw, what a lovely story..❤❤
It’s also amazing that SHE survived. Maternal mortality back then was common. I imagine multiple births increased her odds as well as her later pregnancies when she was probably in her 40s, and maybe her early ones too when she might have only been 12 or 13.
Yes this is nuts!!
God was protecting her. Everything is possible through Christ who strengthens me.❤
That poor woman, it is remarkable that she lived to be 75.
Her husband was a pig.😢
live forever 🤍
Way.
HOW CAN SHE HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO SO MANY CHILDREN, when one pregnancy lasts 9 months, and as long as she breast feeds a baby she will not conceive! Also she won't conceive before her being at least 12 years old.
Who believes this nonsense deserves to be told nonsense!
She likely thought, "I'll be damned if I'm going to die before I have some fun."
Dude the fact that she had midwives instead of doctors in that time period IS WHY she and her kids survived. Those doctors argued vehemently against germ theory and refused to wash their hands until the 20th century. So many women and children contracted bacterial infections during childbirth and passed away.
Midwives have always sterilized, have been doing their thing for thousands of years and they don’t get credit for being experts. They’re incredible. Shout out to midwives y’all 💯
I'm not discrediting midwives, but this one woman is not evidence of care during birth and pregnancy across a broad populace. A lot of women and infants died in childbirth. Women and children still die.
@@jocelynsmyth6604i agree. What is amazing that she had that many multiples that survived but 2 in THE 18th century is beyond wild. Like you said death during child birth during that time and the mother's dying during child birth was also common. Also your right still happens to say luckily we have medical knowledge that's drastically lowered numbers. I lost my baby due to the doctor not checking my blood type as I'm Rh negative so B-. It really screwed me up mentally for a long time.
@@jocelynsmyth6604are you a doctor 😆
@@roksidaisy no, but I do work in healthcare, we do work with midwives sometimes, and I enjoy history
@@kendrakolker2065so sorry you lost your child 😢 Sending love ❤
Not just 'mid wives'. The mid wives of that day were skilled as. Were the go-to people of the time, had been to many births if not every birth of the area.
What an incredible body this women had. Obviously healthy and strong, considering her body fed those children while she carried, taking the calcium from her bones for their use etc. Home grown food, minus the sprays. Hard worker in home and out. Husband would've worked hard to help support this family. Not just anyone can do what she did by having so many births and only losing 2. Amazing, bless her.❤
@user-ub7zh1hm4k Apparently it was a good long and healthy life for her. She doubtless also liked kids.
Valentina died in 1782 is stated in the video. After showing a picture of a mid 19th century old woman. Possibly late 19th century given that fashionable clothing from younger years was still worn in old age. Valentina couldn't possibly have been photographed as film for recording images, or the printing process, wasn't invented for another 50 years.
All but 2 children survived birth. That doesn't mean they all became adults. A proportion wouldn't have made it to age 5 even in wealthy families.
That’s some hearty genes there. The fact that SHE survived all the births is amazing. To add to that , so did the majority of her children.
Buenas defensas!Lo que indicaría que se alimentaría bien 🫕🍎🥔🌽🥬🥒🍊🍇🧅🍖
It is a big leap to breve any of this story.
Her husband was a in the Hierarchical Goverment of Russia, so at least had $$$$ to feed them. He married again and his 2nd wife had 18 Children, making him a Father of 87 Children.
ONLY had the assistance of a midwife? Midwives are awesome! That’s probably why she had so many live births
Was going to become a midwife in 1990 didn't get to go. Only made it to LPN .
The midwife that delivered me 43 years ago had never lost one. She had no formal training.
Backnin those days no meds, no crash cart . The mid wife juat cathes thw kid as it comes out, they had nothing else in thise days. Shes was just lukcy, acually very unlucky not to have birt conteol or a selfish husband
My midwife never had a single tear. She said not to push until the last second and made adjustments. She was so good at her job.
My grandmother was a midwife during the depression in the U.P of Michigan, no training. No car, poor. Walked home to home in deep snow, often not paid and given perhaps bread or a can of beans for her work. She's my hero.
My mother in law had 12 single births. Was pregnant almost 10 years of her life. And lived to 93. Great lady .. this woman my God! Respect.
Also..... Assisting in child birth wasn't anywhere near a surgeons or other physicians ' job descriptions in the 1700s. They felt so much above handling bloody situations that even tasks as pulling teeth and general surgeries were performed by the barbers ( also " bathers" because they also operated the bath houses) , while it took almost 150 more years before physicians tried surgeries, with thousands of patients ' deaths due to those operating physicians refusal to consider hygienic applications, even after monsier Pasteur detected bacteria and their causes and deadly effects, plus how to eliminate them and their risks , simply by washing and sterilizing. They also felt above that. Therefore, the presence of any physician during birth, prior to the early 1700s could have caused the extinction of our species a long time ago. Those guys would have walked in and get to work right after disecting a rotten cadaver in front of applauding students, without even washing their hands let alone instruments, in-between jobs. So, the words" only had access to a midwive ......" Are sort of confusing. The midwife was and still is the health professional in charge for good reasons, given that mom is healthy and the pregnancy was unremarkable.... If not, mom would have died long before giving birth. Those were times when only strong organisms survived their own birth and childhood.
I'm a qualified midwife and I immediately came to the comments after being told she 'only had a midwife'. I feel calm and humbled now 😂
No one underestimated ur talent as midwife,but even in today's world,where despite availability of advanced technology we r unable to save some Children during delivery,so it was quiet surprising that all her Children were able to Survive...
I had 5 home births & 3 hospital births. You midwives are amazing. There is no comparison. Home births are great and on the rise. Hospitals are there for emergencies.
My sister tried out a midwife. NEVER AGAIN!!!! They just assume everyone is normal & healthy.
I know an old woman who got 10 kids without even a midwife. She did not want to....
Well, I loved my midwife. She was absolutely calming and wonderful assisting me through 2 home births. Son 10lbs. 3oz. Daughter 9lbs 11oz.
She kept me calm and relaxed both times. 👍 1988 and 1989, 19 months apart .
Why aren't there films made about incredible maternal women like this
If she really lived from 1707- 1782 and reached the age of 75 years, this question is very easy to answer:
There was nothing like filming, nor even fotographing at this time!!!
Fotographie started around 1845 and filming around 1890…
This is also why all this pictures in this video are FAKE and has nothing to to with the real story!!
I also doubt very much the story itself!
I doubt the amount of twins, triplets and quadriplets all at one woman- think only about what this would had just mean to a woman’s body and her strength,
and this in a village of the 18 century…
And I also doubt completely that all of this children, except two, survived- also this would be so very uncommon, also for a woman with ,only‘ ten children (and no twins , triplets or quadriplets) at this time!
Remember there was no wisdom about bacterias in this time, what makes a only single childbirth very dangerous!
There where no antibiotics and no basic knowledge about hygiene, nothing how to deal with all the childhood illnesses at this time!
At least is the question how this mother should be able to fed all these children and grow them up in her poor village and her poor life circumstances?!?
How could she handle this, also with a husband?!
So many children, plus so much multiples.
So much very small ones all at the same time…
NO- never ever could one family alone fed all of them and care for all their needs, and this in the 18 century!!
I really guess that this story is just FAKE and I’m already not lucky to support that nonsense with my comment,
but I had to say my opinion and hopefully show people how much nonsense this video is!!!🤷♀️🙏🤦♀️
It's called Handmaids' Tale
Because all this really means (considering the time period) is that her husband had an insatiable sexual appetite! 😮
Pentru cine nu -l cunoaste pe Dumnezeu este imposibil ,dar pentru cine il cunoaste si are o legătură cu el adevărată nu ,, ,Lăudat să fie el în veci , deoarece el are oamenii lui peste tot ,iubitori ,credinciosi autentici.@@MaMa-uj4pp
@@MaMa-uj4pp Her First Children Were Already Teenagers And Adults When The Rest Of Her Kids Came Popping Out To Help Raise Them ALL... Gotta Give Credit To The Old Man Too, For Being Able To "KEEP UP". 😂😂😂😂😂...
Wow!
She was a very strong woman to have given birth to 69 children.
Most women complain about how painful it was to have given birth to 1,2, 3, 4,5,6,8,9,10, and so on but this lady was an amazing strong woman.
She died in 1782?
Then how can you claim “this woman” in the photo? Cameras didn’t exist in 1782!
Fake story!
Wow! To trace the children and see what became of them all would be it's own series!
they probably failed miserably with lots of trauma. Like in any multiple kids families, most kids are basically orphans, with little or no parent attention, the older being burden with siblings raising.
@@WojciechowskaAnna
I would imagine lots of them didn't also make it to adulthood. Disease etc.
@@marym9150 back in the days even diarhea was lethal to kids, that was one of the raeaons people had huge amount of kids, hoping that some of the survive.
@@WojciechowskaAnnaI want to know the statistics on that
@@WojciechowskaAnnaweird way to project your miserable life unto others. Anyways, they probably ended up amazing because they had an amazing mother!
None of the photos are of Valentina, since photography wasn't invented until around 1837 and wasn't available to common folk until the late 1840s at the earliest.
I was wondering if anyone was going to say this.....
I was wondering if anyone was going to mention this.
This is what I was just thinking. If she died in 1782 how is there a photo of her????
This is only one point that shows that the story is fake!!
Exactly what I was thinking!
If Valentina died in 1782, the picture certainly isn't of her... She died before photography was invented.
She is the epitome of "Mother's Day" ❤
Ja 😂
Well said
@@wanderingsoul1189 thank you 🫶🩷
God bless Valentina and her amazing family
Poor woman can't even imagine the toll on her body 🙏
Lived long though
@@franscott5123 Long indeed but most likely had lots of terrible health problems. I have 2 kids and it already decreased my health levels, I can't imagine how much she did suffer just because men couldn't control themselves and had no empathy for her and children. She was peasant so there is no way they didn't starve and didn't lack many necessities even as much as mothers love because she was always in bed, always pregnant and always exhausted.
She lived until 75 years old. Her body and brain adapted.
@@ywoulduchoosetousethisOh you knew her personally and she told you thay?
@@jn8922 Did u listen to the video? Her age is there. The rest is elementary, my dear Watson, if u completed kindergarten.
I dont even want to imagine how absolutely broken her body must be after so many births. I’ve given birth only two times and yeah… She is a warrior
Her fanny was just a gaping hole
She wasn't broken at all.
@@dorothysimpson7040 oh I bet she was....
They were built differently
@@priscillajimenez27 Especially this woman. I mean, at that period so many women died during birth. So the fact that she even survived giving birth to so many children is truly remarkable
Now this is a strong woman. Good for her
She's a real HERO !! then & now.... absolutely amazing, God love her. 🤔👍🫡
Math please:
Died 1782
- 75 years of age
Born ca. 1707
16 sets of twins = 32 kids
7 sets of triplets = 21 kids
4 sets of quadruplets = 16 kids
Total multiple births = 27
Total kids from multiple births = 69
So ALL her pregancies were multiple, unless the 2 she lost were in addition to these 69.
Fertile years: Approx 13 or 14 to 45-50
For 27 births, had to be pregnant yearly from say age 14 to age 51.
Mother Nature spared her with menopause! She got about 20 years' rest.
Tell me the preindustrial soils were more fertile, the air and water pure, and the food was more nutritious, without telling me the preindustrial soils were more fertile, the air and water pure, and the food was more nutritious.
I call BS!
@@peggyrobertson8169 Actually, this case has been known for decades.
Menstruation can begin much earlier than age 14! I was 10 years old, as was my mother along with most of the women in my family. My mom was getting worried about my older sister since she was very late starting at about age 14 or 15. I was actually not the first girl in my 5th grade class to start, but the second. My lovely classmate was only 9 years old when she started. Obviously, having children that young is not ideal for numerous reasons, but it is physically possible.
Also, a woman's ability to release multiple eggs at once has absolutely nothing to do with the quality and characteristics of the soil and food.
@susansparke3462 actually all women women release multiple eggs per cycle. But depending on their quality and the sperms they don't all get fertilised. Egg quality is 100% affected by environmental toxins including in food and water.
@Elfling26 It's not normal for women to release multiple eggs during a single cycle. I'm not sure where you got your information but it's incorrect.
She survived and her children did because of midwives care. A good midwife gives a quality care to women and families that doctors can't. Because the medical system has always predominantly been toxic.
She's is a true example of strength and courage and love..... she's rare and shows the power of a woman and motherhood. I am in awe of her.....wow ❤
Nonsense
I wonder how many descendents she has now? Valentina. Perfect name for such a lady who nurtured so many so well.
I feel sorry for her pelvic floor.
What a trooper!
My thought exactly
What pelvic floor 🤔 😅 NONE LEFT
Can you explain a bit why it's narcissistic?@@keyang8220
@@keyang8220 I don't understand you objections.
But weakened muscles and ligaments can lead to serious health complications and discomfort later in women's lives.
Your comments are crass and insulting.
Go listen to Jordan Peterson or Joe Rogan where you will feel comfortable.
Trooper? Do we think she had a choice?
I’ve had 2 sets of twins and this story both amazes and horrifies me. Midwives are wonderful, but so much can go wrong in a multiple birth, without more intensive care, at least as a back up option, it truly is amazing that she had so many live births. Also amazing that she conceived so many multiples. (And I say that as someone who conceived 2 sets of twins without fertility assistance and gave birth to them without surgery.)
That’s great!!
People don’t realize how many women and their babies used to die in childbirth. It still happens in many parts of the world.
Woww, I loved it!👶🏼👶🏼🧸🪅 👶🏼👶🏼🌞🥰🥰💖❤❤❤❤💫
Congratulations from Argentina 👋🏻🇦🇷💕💕💕
This story is just fake!
Sorry- although I think that especially you with your experience feel it..
Congratulations to your double twins!!
First, do either you or your husband have a history of multiple births in your respective families? Propensity for multiples can run in families. If your twins are dizygotic, non-identical, then YOU are likely a multiple ovulator, releasing more than one egg, from one or both ovaries, during your cycle. These are then fertilized by different sperm cells resulting in embryos that share the same degree of genetic differences as single siblings of either gender. If your twins are identical, mono-zygotic, then this could be attributed to either the mother or father, or both. Obviously, there is a greater likelihood of mono-zygotic multiple births if both parents carry the genetic propensity, but either parent can contribute on their own. So yes, the father alone can provide the genes for identical multiple births.
See that crazy look in her eyes. Bless her heart! Much respect❤. I can't even imagine......It is amazing that she had so many multiple births without complications!!
That's not her Photography wasnt invented yet.
@@Europa1749 wow
A midwife is all you need. Childbirth is not a medical procedure. It's completely natural.
C sections are a medical procedure
Yeah.. it is completely natural..but it can become a medical emergency quite quickly as well. Even in other animals
Horrible! Poor woman and children!
It IS NOT horrible. What a shameful comment. What is shameful is the unnatural use of contraception and willful murder of babies in the womb.
@@theresasmith8113 You’re entitled to your opinion… and so am I.
It’s HORRIBLE!
@@doracampos2088😅😅
@@theresasmith8113I can't believe you think 69 children is not horrible.This woman did not have a life, nore did her children.
@@theresasmith8113 how shameful of you to shame someone you don't know for having an opinion. And to shame women for using contraception. Hypocritical much?! You must be riddled with STD if you've never used a condom.
Actually, this should be turned into a documentary featuring her descendants. They made no mention of the father/fathers.
She only needed ONE man. SHE was the miracle!
I don't think she needed tho. At least noone needs to be pregnant throughout their whole adult life. She was a peasant, so I have a less glorious idea on how it went.
Traditional values are hard to find
@@milliesecond102I don't believe she had a choice.
@@esztermonojlovits7014I’m not sure what you mean by your comment. I mean no disrespect, but could you please explain?
I delivered 8 full term healthy babies naturally and a sweet baby girl who was born an angel. I feel like I was pregnant a lot. I cannot imagine how this woman felt.
Baby factory
This is so incredible!!
God blest that midwife’s skills!❤
20 years and 3 months..... TWENTY YEARS AND THREE MONTHS!!! That's how long she was pregnant for if she carried every pregnancy to 9 months.
Lmaooo I could hear the yelling 😂
@@Pink_celeb420.. Yeah I heard it too! 🗣️😂
Her husband was potent 👀! This was an amazing woman! God truly blessed her.
DER BESAMER WAR EIN DUMMGEILER BOCK ,DER SICH AN DER ARMEN FRAU STÄNDIG BEFRIEDIGTE, WIDERLICH UND UNSÄGLICH SADISTISCH
And she had a lot of eggs released at once too
Burdened her
Unbelievably, incredibly astonishing!
Mama and Papa REALLY loved each other.
How remarkable and tragic actually. She must have been exhausted
Sure, exhausted, but why tragic? Motherhood is one of the most beautiful beautiful gifts we are given by God!
That many pregnancies is absolutely tragic on a woman's body. In these times, that already lacked prenatal care, it would have drained her body. Also, those back to back multiple pregnancies would wreak havoc on the uterus, hips, and her bones. Yes, having a child is a gift from God, that only women are blessed with, but the sacrifices of the body and mind can't be ignored. @@AllisonChains64
Had a good midwife.
@@AllisonChains64 as a pez dispenser?
@@elsajones6325 Lol what a sorry person you are if that's what you think of motherhood!
Midwives are incredible! Arguably better than any doctor at a birth. She probably managed to have so many healthy deliveries BECAUSE of the midwife not in spite of her.
Can a midwife give an epidural
Probably not😢
I gave birth at a what we call 'birthing home', which is run by midwives. Before birth I had my regular check ups there, a chi gong course and with my husband a preparation course. When it was time, the birth and all else took about 5 hours, and at 6 o'clock in the morning, we took our son home.
Only child, as I was already 38 at the time... Lovely experience.
@@itskindofafunnystory...3237 I wouldn't know. I didn't use any medication whatsoever during the process. I trusted in my body to provide me with everything it needed... hormones do the trick...
@user-fx6wg5vg7u
The midwives are very aware of your situation. If they sense difficulties coming up which could complicate the birth, they have an ambulance ready to take you to the hospital 7 minutes away...
But your attitude and confidence in yourself and your body is key to the success. In everything, really...
She was very lucky to have midwives who actively helped her with all her pregnancies. God Bless Her 🙏
She looks adorable - i think that was absolutely incredible that she had this huge family. I bet she never really felt lonely but awesomely loved. Yes!!!❤️
All her children survived because she did have a midwife!!❤❤❤❤
@Lisa-gd4hbbut they had more knowledge about pregnancy and birth than the male doctors at the time.
2 died
@@katieannsutphen4264
Likely from infection.
GIVE ALL GLORY TO GOD. (NOT MAN)
Midwives where as bad as doctors back then . Often they where just old women who had experience delivering babies from learning of another woman
Knowing how pregnancies leech nutrients from your body, and her being poor with no supplements & pre/postnatal care is mind boggling. She must’ve suffered damage.
Or eat better than we do today
She lived to the modern-day life expectancy so I don't think we should assume peasantry = guaranteed malnutrition, even with so many pregnancies. Especially if she was on a farm she'd have plenty of raw milk and organ meats from animals, not to mention other organic produce. Organ meats are super efficient at replacing lost nutrients - they have a super high nutrient density + 100% bioavailability. Basically for having that many children combined with their very high survival rate I would guess she was extremely healthy even by today's standards and knew how to renourish her body after birth. Just my two cents.
Women were so much stronger than compared to today!
That's incredible. She was beautiful when young and t seems her husband loved her and never left her. ❤
Maybe an arranged marriage??
Obviously 😂😂😂
@@Maijah715 are y9u so really certain? Could had multiple baby daddy's.
@@EricAdsheadI highly doubt it. She would have been labelled as a woman of ill repute in those days. "Baby daddies" are a modern thing. For the 1700's she would have been branded a harlot and shunned by her community or possibly hung until dead for it. There were strict punishments for those who lived in public sin in those days. So she was married at least once, but not likely more than twice because no fault divorce did not exist in those days. She could only divorce her spouse if he was caught cheating or in prison for a heinous crime.
@@megangreene3955 I highly doubt it as well actually. I think she had one husband and that it would have been scandalous at that time if she had more than one father for her children. Don't even know why I said that.
What a woman &the patience of a Saint ❣️
Amazingly she did it without government assistance - the family members all supported each other back then. Wonderful that so many lived too - and had likely good lives later on!
She was supported bh goverment though. That's the reason why we even know about her.
Back then the family and neighbors took care of themselves
How did she raise all of them by herself?
@@debrawehrly6900Was she alone?
@@artcia3186What government assistance?
How are there photos of her if she died in 1782 ?
This video is completely AI generated. AI generated things are very inaccurate sometimes.
@@ravenclaw783 Yes sir that makes perfect sense. God help us man I want to become a self sufficient hermit in the deep woods before they perfect this satanic technology which I fear won't be long. But I guess the new overlords would find me anyway at that point LOL
Blessed woman ,whil many of them struggle to have one child ❤❤❤
Burden
She was a feature in the “Guinness Book Of World Records”.
And I thought my FOUR children changed my body! I can't imagine what all those pregnancies did to hers, not to mention all the years she probably spent breastfeeding!
Too right that. I mean did she ever stop?
I had only one child and when i sneezing i have to cross my legs 😂😂😂
You over worked yourself when you shouldn't be working but laying in bed to heal😢
Same lmao
I understand your pain. Do 100 kiegals a day. It should help. Sounds like a lot, but if you do 10 every 2 hours, not so bad. Once 100 becomes easy, do more. So while you're making/eating dinner, bfast, lunch do 10. This helped me. I hope it works for you. Stay strong, mom.❤
😅😢
I’ve had 2 and don’t need to do this. 🤔
"Obviously didn't have a TV" 😂😂😂
And she's STILL in the Guiness Book of Records - and always will be! A GREAT LADY!
That poor woman. She had no choice. What a hellish existence.
Das ist für jede Frau reine Folter! Wiso hat sich dieser egoistische Mann keine 2. oder 3. Frau zugelegt?
Children were equal to labour and prosperity in this era. She may have been miserable but people back then didn't know anything like we do today. People accepted their lives because they knew very little of what was out there
@@lunawense6288She would have had no choice. Women were the property of their husband's and didn't even own the clothes they wore. Any money or property she earned or inherited was his. Her children by law belonged to her husband and not her. He could do anything he wanted to her and she would have no recourse and nowhere to run. If she had left, society would have sided with him. Life was hellish for most women before the 1900s, and for lots of women it still is.
@@lunawense6288 I was thinking of the constant pregnancies and the agony giving birth.
She probably didn't see it that way and neither did much of the peoplendid back than because most children didn't survive all the way through childhood or birth.
Midwives are probably why she and her children survived.
The mother of nations is a fitting tribute to her legacy. Imagine what those eyes have seen, the hardships she lived through. The tireless hours of rearing her children. What an incredible individual! I would love to see a documentary about her life. God Bless the Midwives !! ❤
I trust a midwife over a doctor
She is truly a mama ❣️
To think that EVERY PREGNANCY WAS A MULTI PREGNANCY. WOW
27 of them is crazy
Mariam Nabatanzi Babirye from Uganda did the same. She had 15 births with altogether 44 children. Imagine having 25 children by the age of 23.
Poor Women, they had never got to live. 😢
Horrible indeed!
Most of her life pregnant, poor woman. Only two of her children died. She was some woman to give birth so many times and survive it at a time when child birth was a big killer of woman in them times. Hands up to her. 🙌🏻💚🇨🇮
I feel bad for her 💔💔
The midwife would probably be why both she & the babies survived. I mean she reached old age. Amazing 😍
Valentina, bless her heart, had no choice! Women in rhe 1700's had their children early! She was truly fertile and exhausted.
The miracle was that she lived to age 75. A lot of women back then died at childbirth. She delivered her babies at home or wherever she was; at the time.This was with no anesthesia!
I pray that her dependants are still alive! Thank God for Mid Wives! 🙏🍼🙏🍼❤
In the UK most births are attended "only" by midwives. Unless something is complex during labour, or a risk factor is identified during pregnancy, consultants are not involved.
In 1782, they didn't have photography. That's not a picture of her.
Ya and this is just a fake story
I thought that too
That’s not a picture of her 🤦🏻♀️ it’s not a fake story. Google is your friend. If not google, find another source to fact check this story
@megsarna7429 No, it's not a photo of her but the story is true, it helps to actually look stuff up
@@nikkimarie92 Google has the story but still it's a story. There is no official public record of 69 Births to one couple or are there church records of all these births and christenings as the woman lived in Russian countryside.
So many sensational stories are cooked up for views. Even Nostradamus story has been analyzed by historians as not true
Her husband was a monster!!
Nah! Takes two😂😂😂
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@@ilseryan8145I’d love to live in your world! Here in reality no it doesn’t
@@ilseryan8145 until a few decades ago it didn't take 2. It only took 1. Because the other party was legally forced to "perform her duty"
How so?
Surprised she lasted up until the age of 75 years ! The poor woman must have died from exhaustion.
What a beautiful and blessed woman. She had the blessing of the ancient progenitors. What a heart she must have possessed.
The fact that she survived all those complicated deliveries and most of her children too is amazing!
Doesn’t say complicated. Births should be easy. But 69 pregnancies are a big effort for the body.
@@Sensibar007Giving birth in the 1800’s, especially to multiples was complicated. I added that. Giving birth today shouldn’t be complicated but for many women it is. I had uncomplicated births but I’d never say they were easy.
@@Sensibar007 births are easy? Go to school kid
She must have been miserable
She MAY have truly enjoyed having all of these children, and teaching her children about life. We may never know! Every family is different. And lifestyles & goals were very, very different from what folks think is important in today's culture.
@@m.service5584I doubt it, the kids were probably raised by their older sisters. I feel sorry for women back in the day, they zero choice and freedom!
As miserable as you, pained soul.
So, were the kids!
Children were equal to labour and prosperity in this era. She may have been miserable but you shouldn't conflate having 69 children today as the same as back then.
Midwifes are best, at home, or in hospital
Strongest woman ever.
It's not at all surprising that all but two of her children survived childbirth if she "only had access to a midwife", actually. Contrary to popular belief, having a midwife is often (not always, of course, there are exceptions) safer and better than a doctor for both Mom and baby/babies.
What an incredible woman and story!
What I was going to say. I had 2 home births with an amazing midwife. If you're not high risk, it is the way to birth.
Midwives are way better during labour than any doctor,
My last midwife was just a beautiful person, her shift finished and she stayed with me until my son came 💖 she was 2 hours over her shift, i will never forget her.
Doctors are just as caring as midwives. I had hospital deliveries for my children and I had amazing care and wonderful experiences.
@@kaycampbell8532 our dr was charged with sexual crimes against patients, plz don't be fooled they aint all great.
@@kaycampbell8532not the same for everyone, though. most doctors I’ve encountered aren’t very nice at all.
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Hardly 😂
@Crystal......Grow up!....If you think a doctor isn't as qualified (or better) as a midwife, you don't know much. It's always the mother's choice how to deliver, she should do what makes her most comfortable.
Bless this woman and rest in peace finally
Hochachtung. Aber auch massive Traurigkeit. Die arme gebeutelte Frau und auch die armen Kinder!!! Sie hatten ja im Grunde "keine Mama" so wie wir das heute verstehen. Schön 10 Kinder ist heftig. Aber wenn diese Zahl stimmt, dann war niemand in dieser Familie zu beneiden. Unvorstellbar.
Most likely she was forced to put out for her husband at that rate.
She just had hyperactive ovaries. The man took care and stayed eventhough this must have cost him a fortune and probably worked very hard.
@@Kitty_B Read some history books, she like most of women in that time was prisoner chained to man. She could leave but go where exactly when society treated women like men's slaves, she couldn't earn her own living and own properties and even her own children she birthed that man could steal if he wanted. Women back then had lives no better than prisoner chained in basement and as soon women gained freedom so many chose to not do this to themselves.
There was and remains suspicion around Valentina's births. Her husband Feodor Vassilyev's claims were the sole reported source for the number of births/children. He also claimed his second wife had 18 children (which also included several multiples births). This Rooskie may have been telling a tall tale that helped him receive Russian Gov't assistance.
Yes, this sounds like an old wives tale, (or old mother's tale). Either way - I dont believe this is actual truth. Sad if people believe this crap and pretend its history. i would say we need to see the actual geneology./paternity tests before adding this to the history books.
My dog had 20 litters of 14 to 17 puppies each. You believe it? then add it to guiness book.
There’s a modern day case of this in africa Mariam Nabatanzi
40 years of giving birth. Questionable.
I doubt there was government assistance back then. 😂
@rebeccagutierrez8170 I was curious about that when I first read about the claim. I found out there was government assistance in their area of Russia at the time.
She has 88 total. She's a Guinness Book World Records, Russia
Bless her heart 😢 she should be named a Saint
All I think after hearing this: that poor woman.
I was exhausted after giving birth to one kid let alone that many. She must have been a very strong woman.
We are an incredibly weak generation compared to past generations.
Abusive partner
And never had to have government assistance.
Never had to have an EBT card
She was a amazing woman. This is incredible
It would be so interesting to learn of her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc.
Not sure to believe this story . Don't think a human or animal ever had a 69 born on this Earth
She should be canonized as a saint for dedicated and healthy mother
I think she may have been, in the Russian Orthodox Church.
She is in Heaven for sure
@@MassimilianaRossi Well, let's hope she at least has a room of her own.
Nah she was a baby factory
The definition of "Be Fruitful And Multiply ".
Fascinating. Photography wasn't invented until 1822 so I doubt there can be any actual images of her.
Y menos que con lo pobres que eran pudieran permitirse hacerse una foto 😂
Valentina Vassilyev (1707-1782) birthed 69 babies total in her lifetime. She was a wife to a Russian peasant named Feodor Vassilyev. Valentina is in the Guinness World Record.
She had no choice in the matter.
@@user-tk1xd9js1zthat doesn't change the fact she died before cameras, and before the first portait. So, that is not a photo of her, or her children. The first portait wasn't taken until 1839, 57 years after her death.
Lets remember that she had 69 children, with zero choice in the matter. This should be held up as an example of what happens when you do not teach sexual education and family planning to minors and young adults.
That's why I only had 2 children and I'm 42! Can't even imagine what this poor woman went through. God bless her and all her children 🙏❤️
What a very blessed woman. God had His hand on this woman.
Burdened
This poor woman! How did she not end up with a prolapsed uterus and incontinence? And how could peasants feed, clothe and shelter 69 children? It must have been so incredibly stressful for her trying to provide for them all. I guess that was life for women with limited rights and no reproductive freedom. Her husband was cruel to do that do her.
Absolutely
This is monstrous.
This was also before there were child labor laws. So 69 children= 69 free laborers to work a farm. That’s why people had so many children back in those days. That and the fact that most of them didn’t survive to adulthood.
A lot of assumptions being made here. We don’t know how she felt about it. People thought differently then. She may have felt blessed and like she was doing the right thing. Or she may have been miserable. Or both.
As if she didn't like to have sex. Grow up.
The math confuses me. First being fertile for 40 years is very unusual, and 69 kids in 40 years...? I cant even imagine. Maybe she started at 12? Poor gal.
That's what I'm thinking. She had to have been a child herself when she started, and there's no way she consented to any of this--no woman in her right mind would. It disgusts me that this is considered an "achievement." Pregnancy is dangerous. This was torture.
@@airenmarie1250 thank you for your post. You've read my mind, and I do believe there had to be some force involved because even 40 kids in 40 years is beyond cruel, never mind the damage it does to our bodies. This poor woman, And f"*k the disgusting men/man who kept impregnating her
She also died in 1782, but there's a photo of her? The first camera was invented in 1816. First portait wasn't until 1839.
She gave birth to twins, and qudruplets twice, those are 8 babies in two years. She also had some triplets. Idk if the story is true though. To address the other guy's concerns about the photos used, TH-cam shorts are notorious for not using genuine pictures. Buddy just took some old black and whites for the purpose of illustrating. It's been done before about a million times
Also it could be AI generated pictures based on descriptions. Or it could be drawings.
I had a great grand mother who had 23 children, 4 sets of twins , 3 sets of triplets, the rest were single births. Of all of them, 9 survived into adulthood. Out on the frontier in Missouri
She didn’t need a midwife for the last 30 or so, they just walked out of there.
Amazing! Just carrying my kids I couldn’t breathe I couldn’t imagine carrying 4!! Bless her ❤️