You had a bunch of sex with a guy you half like, spent 9 months like a sumo wrestler, then passed a melon from your body through a hole that originally fit a tennis ball and now you have to spend the next ten years spending a fortune raising a human being, then another decade spending an even larger fortune to raise them to become an adult … here’s a $50 medal for your effort.
you missed the
…and repeated the feat five more times–concurrently.
before awarding the medal.
There were three ranks: bronze – 4 children, silver – 6 children, and gold – 8 children. Worth to mention that all the babies had to be born alive.
Worth to mention that all the babies had to be born alive.
As in, only the alive ones counted, or a single stillbirth would invalidate your entire record?
I’m not saying it couldn’t happen concurrently, but probably consecutively.
With the wonders of life-saving vaccines for all, why should mothers need to have so many children to ensure at least a couple lived to adulthood? Oh…
Realistically it’s probably neither perfectly concurrently nor consecutively. Concurrently is unlikely but possible, but no woman is fertile long enough to fully raise 6 children fully consecutively. Heck, no woman lives long enough to do that. That’s 120 years not counting pregnancy.
Source for this atrocity?
Also reminds me of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stork_Derby
Simone Collins and her husband, Malcolm Collins, are pro-natalists who have advocated actions to make it less difficult for families to have children and ultimately reverse declining birth and marriage rates. Simone Collins told ABC News that she and her husband have submitted several draft executive orders to the White House Domestic Policy Council, including bestowing a “National Medal of Motherhood” to mothers with six or more children.
Yeah, she looks absolutely thrilled…
I squeezed six Germans out of my hooha, and all I got was this lousy medal.
To this day you can get Honorary Godparenthood from our Federal President for the 7th child.
