A 65-year-old primary school teacher is set to create medical history as the oldest woman ever to give birth to quadruplets.
German Annegret Raunigk, already has 13 children, and her remarkable story will be featured in a TV documentary. Ms Raunigk’s latest pregnancy was the result of artificial insemination using both donated sperm and eggs.
Ms Raunigk currently 5 months pregnant.
Ms Raunigk, who is in the 21st week of her pregnancy, said she was ‘shocked’ when an ultrasound scan showed she was carrying quadruplets. Her gynaecologist initially mentioned the possibility of an abortion.
But the English and Russian teacher, who is due to retire this year, said she decided to have the babies as she was ‘still quite fit’ and capable of looking after them. She added: ‘I don’t think I will have any problems.’
Ms Raunigk, from Berlin, previously made headlines in Germany when became the oldest women in Germany to conceive naturally when she had her daughter Leila at the age of 55. She has 13 children, the oldest is 44, her children have five different fathers.
Annegret Raunigk pictured here in 2010 with her daughter Leila conceived her naturally in 2005.
She defended her decisions to get pregnant later in life: “I think one needs to decide for oneself and not listen too much to the opinions of others.”
Currently, the oldest woman to have given birth to quads is Merryl Fudel, who was 55 at the time. The oldest woman ever to give birth is Indian Omkari Panwar, who was believed to be 70.
Source: Daily Mail
German Annegret Raunigk, already has 13 children, and her remarkable story will be featured in a TV documentary. Ms Raunigk’s latest pregnancy was the result of artificial insemination using both donated sperm and eggs.
Ms Raunigk currently 5 months pregnant.
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But the English and Russian teacher, who is due to retire this year, said she decided to have the babies as she was ‘still quite fit’ and capable of looking after them. She added: ‘I don’t think I will have any problems.’
Ms Raunigk, from Berlin, previously made headlines in Germany when became the oldest women in Germany to conceive naturally when she had her daughter Leila at the age of 55. She has 13 children, the oldest is 44, her children have five different fathers.
Annegret Raunigk pictured here in 2010 with her daughter Leila conceived her naturally in 2005.
She defended her decisions to get pregnant later in life: “I think one needs to decide for oneself and not listen too much to the opinions of others.”
Currently, the oldest woman to have given birth to quads is Merryl Fudel, who was 55 at the time. The oldest woman ever to give birth is Indian Omkari Panwar, who was believed to be 70.
Source: Daily Mail
