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Mothers day is a day to honor good mothers everywhere and to bring families together.

Mothers Day Facts

• Is the third most popular Holiday, after Christmas then Easter

• The carnation is the special flower for Mothers Day

• England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday," in the 1600's

• Anna M. Jarvis and was the founder of the now modern Mother's Day in the United States

• President Wilson proclaimed Mother's Day to be on the second Sunday in May

• President Woodrow Wilson made Mothers Day official in 1914

• Mothers Day is now celebrated in many countries around the world but not all celebrate on the same day

• Mothers Day is the third largest card sending holiday

• Mother's Day is the busiest day for the year for restaurants

• There are more phone calls made on Mother's Day than on any other day of the year

Mother Facts

• There are 84 million moms in the U.S

• The odds of a woman delivering twins is 1-in-33

• The odds of a woman delivering triplets is approximately 1-in-539

• August is the most popular month in which to have a baby

• About 4 million women will have babies this year

• The median age of a woman giving birth for the first time in the U.S. is 24.8

• 4.3 babies are born every second

• 72% of women with babies over the age of 1 work

• 55% of women with babies under the age of 1 work

• 7,300 diapers changes are performed on a child by their 2nd Birthday

Interesting Mom Facts

• Mrs. Vassilyev of Russia gave birth to 69 children between 1725 and 1765 making it the record of most kids.

• Rosanna Dalla Corte gave birth to a baby boy when she was 63 years old in Italy in 1994 making her the oldest to give birth.

• Signora Carmelina Fedele gave birth to a 22 lb 8 oz boy in Italy in 1955 which is the heaviest newborn.

April 7th, 2009