# The World’s Oldest Mothers

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/news-opinion/true-crime/worlds-oldest-mothers/
- Published: 2017-05-05T14:01:05+10:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

## _Did you ever hear that old adage: You’re only as old as you feel? Well, it seems that, with advances in modern fertility treatments and programs, this gem is finally true of motherhood. _

Yes, these days more and more women are taking the plunge into motherhood whenever
they want to, age and fertility be damned!

### **In celebration of this, we’ve compiled a list of the women who have absolutely proven that it’s never too late to be a yummy mummy..**

## **#5�-�Annegret Raunigk, aged 65 years**

![Older mothers with children on a tv show set](https://i0.wp.com/stayathomemum.
com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AnnegretRaunigk-children.jpg?resize=620%2C467&
quality=89&ssl=1 "Oldest Mothers in the World")

via [http://www.telegraph.co.uk](http://www.telegraph.co.uk)

### **At the age that women in Australia are starting to think about retirement, Annegret Raunigk decided she wanted to have herself a set of quadruplets! **

The babies were born around 14-weeks early in May of 2015, bringing Annegret’s brood
to a whopping 17 children. Annegret says she decided to have more children when 
her youngest child at the time, a 9-year-old, [asked her mother](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11531871/German-woman-set-to-become-worlds-oldest-mother-of-quadruplets.html)
for a little brother or sister. Now it looks like she’ll have a few to choose from.


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 Clare Whitfield Chief Editor

 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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