German mother becomes oldest woman to deliver quadruplets

This photo taken on December 11, 2005 shows then 55-old Annegret Raunigk (1st row, 2nd left), posing with her youngest daughter Lelia (on her knees) and other children and grand-children in Cologne as a guest for a German TV show. (AFP Photo)

Berlin: Doctors in Germany say quadruplets born prematurely three months ago to a 65-year-old woman are doing well and can leave a Berlin hospital soon.

Charite hospital said on Tuesday that the babies all weigh more than 2.5 kilogrammes (88 ounces) and should be able to go home this month.

The quadruplets are a girl named Neeta and three boys named Dries, Bence and Fjonn, who were delivered during the 26th week of pregnancy by caesarean section on May 19.

Mother Annegret Raunigk is believed to be the oldest woman to have ever delivered quadruplets.

(This photo taken on December 11, 2005 shows then 55-old Annegret Raunigk (1st row, 2nd left), posing with her youngest daughter Lelia (on her knees) and other children and grand-children in Cologne as a guest for a German TV show. (AFP Photo)

The retired schoolteacher already has 13 other children aged 10 to 44 from five fathers. She travelled abroad to have donated, fertilised eggs implanted, a procedure that's illegal in Germany