{"id":50363,"date":"2015-05-27T19:17:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50363"},"modified":"2015-05-27T19:17:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T11:17:29","slug":"german-woman-65-gives-birth-to-quadruplets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/27\/german-woman-65-gives-birth-to-quadruplets\/","title":{"rendered":"German woman, 65, gives birth to quadruplets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BERLIN — A 65-year-old teacher from Berlin has given birth to quadruplets after a pregnancy that was widely criticized by medical professionals because of her age, RTL television said Saturday.<\/p>\n

Annegret Raunigk, gave birth to a girl — Neeta —\u00a0and three boys — Dries, Bence and Fjonn — by cesarean section at a Berlin hospital Tuesday, RTL said. The newborns weighed between 655 grams (1 lb., 7 ounces) and 960 grams (2 lbs., 2 ounces) each.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for RTL said the babies stood a strong chance of survival but possible complications couldn’t yet be ruled out, because they were born in the 26th week of pregnancy. Their mother was doing well, the spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n

“Ms. Raunigk basically has no medical risk anymore,” Heike Speda told The Associated Press. She said the woman had signed a contract granting RTL exclusive access in return for an undisclosed sum.<\/p>\n

Raunigk already had 13 children ranging in age from 9 to 44, from five fathers. She told Germany’s Bild newspaper last month that she decided to become pregnant again because her 9-year-old daughter wanted a younger sibling. She also has seven grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Raunigk traveled abroad to have donated, fertilized eggs implanted – a procedure that is illegal in Germany.<\/p>\n

Her decision prompted criticism from doctors, who questioned whether her body would be physically capable of bearing four children.<\/p>\n

But Raunigk defended her decision, telling Bild last month: “They can see it how they want to, and I’ll see it the way I think is right.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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