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Quadruplet births are very rare.
Quadruplets were born at the Asklepios Clinic in Hamburg-Altona for the first time in over 20 years.
Hamburg - Quadruplets were born in a Hamburg clinic.
“The four premature babies, three boys and one girl, were born by caesarean section on March 14th,” the Asklepios Clinic Altona announced on Monday.
The mother and children were said to be in a “stable condition”.
With the birth of quadruplets, the number of children in the family from Lower Saxony increased from four to eight members in one fell swoop.
The clinic did not provide any further information about the parents because the family wanted to remain anonymous.
According to the clinic, quadruplets are born extremely rarely; in Hamburg, for example, the last time was in 2016 and in the clinic in Altona the last time was more than 20 years ago.
According to the clinic, Aman (1190 g), Awan (1400 g), Arina (1180 g) and Arin (1170 g) welcomed their parents and the delivery room team to the Altona Perinatal Center in the middle of the night.
According to the announcement, the senior physician Claudia Kern spoke of an uneventful birth.
That is not a given.
“The caesarean section is technically the same, regardless of the number of children.
But the risk of bleeding with four placentas and a maximally dilated uterus is the real risk factor here.”
A 15-person team made up of obstetricians from the Asklepios Clinic and doctors from the Altona Children's Hospital were involved in the birth.
The mother was closely followed at the Altona Perinatal Center right from the start of the pregnancy.
“The children grew evenly and the care in the womb was exceptionally good until birth,” it said.
“Fortunately, in this case the conditions were optimal: each child had its own amniotic sac and placenta – and the expectant mother was fine the entire time.” dpa