How many babies can a woman have?

A woman could conceivably have a child every 10 months or so. If we say that she has a child once a year during her child-bearing years, she might be able to give birth to as many 40 children. And that's if she doesn't have twins or triplets.

Women, however, even those who have many children, don't have that many children.

I've done a lot of work in the genealogy field for years and at one point, came across a woman who gave birth to 23 children. They were all individual births and they all survived. That's simply amazing.