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06-21-2003, 12:02 PM | #1 |
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6/21/2003: Tiny baby survives
Hello Aaliyah Hart. She was born to mom Lorraine three months premature. She was 7 inches long, and fit in the palm of her mother's hand. She weighed 12 ounces and was not expected to live. Look at your own pinky, and imagine a human hand so small it could wrap around just the last section of it, from the last joint to the tip. Docs gave her a 10% chance of living. But three weeks later, Aaliyah has beaten the odds and survived, and the birth was announced yesterday. Smallest baby on record in Britain to survive. |
06-21-2003, 05:19 PM | #2 |
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06-21-2003, 10:26 PM | #3 |
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Having spent 4 and a half months in a neonatal care unit with my own daughter, I've seen more of these tiny babies than a lot of people. Even so, I never knew a baby under 14 ounces. Even my tiny baby was huge compared to this little one...she weighed a whole 30 ounces.
Cute little miracle. |
06-22-2003, 04:27 AM | #4 | |
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Re: 6/21/2003: Tiny baby survives
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12 ounces = 340 g Please, please, please remember to post these things in metric units as well. I'm sure there are lots of people reading The Cellar who cannot relate to Imperial units.
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06-22-2003, 09:59 AM | #5 |
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06-22-2003, 05:14 PM | #6 |
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Thanks Bruce, always a handy thing to have.
I have a friend in hospital at the moment, and her babies head is the size of a small apple. The wonders of medical science |
06-22-2003, 05:40 PM | #7 |
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No World Record
But close! World record is 11oz baby born in the US. I'd say second place is close enough though.
"Twenty years ago, approximately 20% of babies weighing less than 1,000 grammes (2lb 2oz) at birth survived, compared with 80% today." |
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