Highly premature quadruplets born to a 65-year-old
German woman three months ago are doing well and
will leave hospital in a few days, media reported
Monday.
German commercial television station RTL presented
what it called the first footage of Neeta, Dries, Bence
and Fijon since they were born about at 15 weeks in
early May.
“We can see that the children are doing well. They
feel good with their mother,” said Christoph Buehrer,
who heads neonatal services at the Charite hospital in
Berlin where the infants have been treated since their
birth.
In a case that has sparked controversy in Germany,
teacher Annegret Raunigk — who has already had 13
children — gave birth to the quadruplets by Caesarian
section after travelling to Ukraine for fertility treatment
with anonymous sperm and egg donors.
The three baby boys and a girl, who weighed between
655 and 960 grams (1.4 to 2.1 pounds) at birth, were
described by Buehrer as “absolute high risk” cases.
Two of the newborns had to be given help breathing,
and two had to undergo surgery.
But they are now out of danger, and have gained
about three times their birth weight, RTL said. Buehrer
described them now as “normal children”.
Raunigk, a grandmother of seven, had said that she
decided to try to have another child because her
youngest daughter, who was nine, wanted a little
brother or sister.
News of her multiple pregnancy emerged in April
when she dismissed critics who said she was acting
irresponsibly due to her age.
“How does one have to be at 65?” RTL quoted her as
saying at the time. “One must apparently always fit
some cliches which I find rather tiring.
“I think one must decide that for oneself.”
German woman three months ago are doing well and
will leave hospital in a few days, media reported
Monday.
German commercial television station RTL presented
what it called the first footage of Neeta, Dries, Bence
and Fijon since they were born about at 15 weeks in
early May.
“We can see that the children are doing well. They
feel good with their mother,” said Christoph Buehrer,
who heads neonatal services at the Charite hospital in
Berlin where the infants have been treated since their
birth.
In a case that has sparked controversy in Germany,
teacher Annegret Raunigk — who has already had 13
children — gave birth to the quadruplets by Caesarian
section after travelling to Ukraine for fertility treatment
with anonymous sperm and egg donors.
The three baby boys and a girl, who weighed between
655 and 960 grams (1.4 to 2.1 pounds) at birth, were
described by Buehrer as “absolute high risk” cases.
Two of the newborns had to be given help breathing,
and two had to undergo surgery.
But they are now out of danger, and have gained
about three times their birth weight, RTL said. Buehrer
described them now as “normal children”.
Raunigk, a grandmother of seven, had said that she
decided to try to have another child because her
youngest daughter, who was nine, wanted a little
brother or sister.
News of her multiple pregnancy emerged in April
when she dismissed critics who said she was acting
irresponsibly due to her age.
“How does one have to be at 65?” RTL quoted her as
saying at the time. “One must apparently always fit
some cliches which I find rather tiring.
“I think one must decide that for oneself.”
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