A German woman in the sixties who gave birth to her 10th child says that she is imperturbable by people who seem disturbed by her end -of -age pregnancies.
Alexandra Hildebrandt, 66, gave birth to her son, Philipp, via a cesarean at the Charity Hospital in Berlin on March 19. He weighed seven healthy pounds, 13 ounces but remains in oxygen for respiratory treatment.
Hildebrandt told TODAY.COM that he has been designed naturally and without difficulty.
Philipps’ older brother Svetlana is 46 years older. The age of his other brothers and sisters varies from two to 36.
The newborn is Hildebrandt’s eighth child with her husband, Daniel Dormann.
They also share the twins Elisabeth and Maximilian, as well as Alexandra; Léopold; Anna; Maria; and Katharina.
Hildebrandt, who is a human rights defender, artist and director of the Berlin Wall Museum from CheckPoint Charlie, also has two adult children, Svetlana, 46, and Artjom, 36, of a previous relationship.
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Hildebrandt has had eight children since her 53rd birthday and says that having a large family benefits all his offspring.
File – Alexandra Hildebrandt attends the unveiling of the memorial to the victims of the Berlin Wall which she commanded, on October 31, 2004 in the center of Berlin, in Germany.
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“A large family is not only something wonderful, but above all, it is important to raise children correctly,” she wrote in an email in Today.com, adding that her relatives only responded positively to her decision to continue to have children.
Hildebrant told the German publication Bild that it had never used contraceptives and does not smoke or consume alcohol.
“I eat very healthy, I swim regularly for an hour, I walk for two hours,” she said.
Meanwhile, Wolfgang Henrich, director of the Obstetric Department of the Charite Hospital, told Bild that the strong physical health and the mental courage of Hildebrant had allowed him to manage pregnancy well and confirmed that her birth had passed without problem.
Hildebrant and her husband recently bought a house in Berlin, where they plan to provide eight children with their own rooms. Renovations are currently underway, she told Bild.
“For this, the plaster walls must still be installed, which we have not yet finished,” she added.
The age of Hildebrant poses several increased risks during pregnancy, including miscarriage, fetal chromosomal anomalies, gestational diabetes, premature birth, mortincy, congenital disorders, high blood pressure and low birth weight, According to Johns Hopkins University.
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