Quadruplets with 65 doctors warns of risks

Quadruplets with 65: gynecologists warn of health risks

15/04/2015

After having reported in recent days that a 65-year-old woman from Berlin is pregnant with quadruplets, gynecologists have now warned of the health risks of multiple pregnancies. If the expectant mother is already in old age, this also represents an additional danger.

65-year-old Berliner is expecting quadruplets
A few days ago it was reported that a 65-year-old Berliner woman is pregnant with quadruplets. The 13-time mother (her youngest daughter is nine years old) and 7-times grandmother had been artificially fertilized several times in the past year and a half abroad by egg and sperm donation. The four-part pregnancy of the primary school teacher has caused a stir since it was announced. Even in a TV documentary, she is now accompanied. Gynecologists have now warned about the major health risks, news agency AFP reports.

Four pregnancies „at any age with significant risks“ connected
The professional association of gynecologists (BVF) stated that quadripartite pregnancies „at any age associated with significant risks and hazards to mother and children“ are. For example, this would increase the risk of thrombosis for an older woman anyway. In addition, the risk for hypertension and gestational diabetes in multiple pregnancies - regardless of age - increased. In addition, overstretching the uterus threatened to cause severe bleeding. Also, increased water retention, especially in the legs, varicose veins and anemia are more common in multiple pregnancies according to experts.

Babies are threatened with a shortage
During pregnancy, the babies are threatened with a shortage and finally a premature birth with ongoing health impairments such as visual and hearing damage and developmental disorders. „It is impossible that quadruplets are born mature“, It is called by the professional association. Accordingly, on average four-pregnancies are already terminated after 31 weeks of pregnancy. In addition, the „Probability that the children have their mother after the age of 20“, low.

Every pregnancy means a significant burden
Any pregnancy, regardless of the age of the mother, means according to the gynecologists a significant burden on the body and circulation. As the Agency writes, can therefore from a pregnancy as in the case of the 65-year-old, which was created by means of sperm and egg donation and with the help of a hormone treatment, „only to be discouraged“. RTL and „Picture on Sunday“ (Bams) had reported that the Berlin elementary school teacher Annegret R. has been artificially fertilized abroad by an egg and sperm donation.

Abortion was never an option for a senior citizen
In the RTL broadcast „extra“ rejected her criticism of her late pregnancy and said: „I think that you have to decide for yourself.“ For them, a so-called reduction, ie a selective abortion in multiple pregnancies, never came into question. Although the number of multiple births has risen in Germany in recent decades, it is mostly about twin births. An extraordinary case happened last year in Bavaria. There, two identical twins had been born at a Vierlinggeburt in Munich. (Ad)