How many children could a woman have is she lived to be 1,000?

Question

If it were possible that a woman lived to be 1,000, and she went into puberty at 15 and she never went into menapause, how many children she could she give birth to? Also remember the odds of having twins and triplets. My husband and I have our own answers but they differ. So this is a bet situation. Sure hope you can help.

Answer 1

Well who would have sex with her after she turns 65 ?

Answer 2

My great great grandmother had 23 kids (only 2 sets of twins). She certainly didn't live to be 1000. She had he last kid in her late 40s or very early 50s. Her son, my great grandfather, never even met his youngest siblings, because he had already come to America.

Personally, I think the poor 1000 year old woman would quit having kids long before she physically couldn't because that many kids would drive her to the looney bin. But physically speaking, barring any medical problems that would render her unable, 984 kids if all were single births (We have literally thousands of eggs.) . Multiples would be determined by her genes (for the most part), so I have given the poor woman a break and allowed her not to carry the gene that allows a tendency toward multiples. Someone better get her a big shoe with all those kids that she doesn't know what to do.

Answer 3

I worked with a baby whose mom started having babies at age 13. She had a baby every year or so, and 1 set of twins. After delivering number 13 at age 26, her uterus collapsed. Thank goodness for that. She was just living off the system. The doctor told me later on that a woman is at high risk for having problems with her uterus if she has more than 6 children. He said the uterus can get over worked and then not work anymore. I know there have been women who have had over 20 kids, but I think that's the most ever documentd.

Answer 4

If she started at 15 respectively & had a regular cycle until menopause at around 55, that's 40 years divided by a 9 month pregnancy, plus a 6 month recovery and time for breast feeding...The math says about 32 babies, she may live to be 1,000 but her body will physically only produce viable embryos until around the time of menopause!

40 years x 12 months per year= 480 months
480 months / 15 month increments between children= 32

Answer 5

The same number she'd have if she lived to be 100 and went into menopause at 50. The number of eggs is fixed, and the most viable ones are fertilized first. As the eggs age, the chances of pregnancy drop, and the chances of health deficits for the child rise. Extending a women's pre-menopausal life span won't change any of this.

Answer 6

I've put some thought to this... The most children I knew one person having was 14. After this her uterus just gives out. Even if there are plenty of eggs left, she just does not have the capability to produce more.

The average woman lives to about 80 years old. Now since you have increased her life by 12.5% she must have extreme regenerative capabilities. So we'll say she can have 12.5% more children then normal women. That makes it at about 175 children. Give or take a few kids depending on her individual biology and self care.

Great question by the way. Made me think.

Answer 7

A baby girl is born with the ability to produce a certain number of eggs in her entire lifetime. Assuming this woman used each and every viable egg, it would probably be well before she turned 1000, and then she would just be completely unable to reproduce.

Answer 8

After a certain age she couldn't have children, not to mention if she had as many as she could till she got to that "age" her uterus
would have already taken a beating...

The real question is, how long would her boobs be? =X

Answer 9

That would depend on the woman and how many times she WANTED to be pregnant. She COULD give birth to only ONE child her entire life. Then again she might not have any at all...again it depends on HER choices.

Answer 10

Alot

Answer 11

935