OK, I just checked Google: it seems that back in the 1700s there lived a Russian peasant who wore out two wives. Wife Number One couldn't have done much else other than have children (but I bet she didn't get to do nothing else except eat for two years - LOL). She had 69 (yup, that's what it says) children from 27 (heaven help her!) pregnancies - including 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and, are you ready? - 4 sets of quadruplets!!!!! The kids were all born between 1725 and 1765. The article I found doesn't say how many kids Number Two had, nor does it say how many of the 69 survived babyhood. It's an amazing feat (well, what else would you call it?) to have that many children let alone in those days considering the level of medical care.