A 65 years old Annegret, from Berlin, gave birth to the four tiny babies by Caesarean section on May 19, after a just six-and-a-half-month pregnancy.
Doctors were extremely concerned at the time that the very premature babies would not survive, with tiny baby girl Neeta weighing just 1lb 7oz when she was born.
Neeta’s three brothers were almost as small – with Bence weighing 1lb 8oz, Fjonn 1lb 10oz and Dries 2lb 2oz – and the severely underweight babies had to be kept in incubators for the first week of their lives.
Experts warned that, even if they did pull through, they could suffer lifelong health problems including lung, intestinal, eye and brain complaints.
But Professor Christoph Buhrer has confirmed: ‘All have developed well, they have grown wonderfully in a short time.
Neeta, Bence, Fjonn and Dries now weighing 5lb 11oz, 5lb 12oz, 5lb 13oz and 6lb 3oz respectively.
Culled from dailymail.
