A California hospital on Wednesday\ndisclosed the birth of the world\u2019s smallest baby ever to survive, weighing a\nmere 245 grams \u2014 the same as a large apple \u2014 when she was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl, nicknamed Saybie by hospital\nstaff, was born 23 weeks and three days into her mother\u2019s pregnancy at Sharp\nMary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The father was told by doctors that he would have about an hour with his daughter before shepassed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut that hour turned into two hours\nwhich turned into a day, which turned into a week,\u201d the mother said in a video\nreleased by the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doctors said Saybie was delivered via\nemergency caesarean section in December at 23 weeks and three days gestation in\nthe womb after severe pregnancy complications that put her mother\u2019s life at\nrisk. A typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After nearly five months at the\nhospital\u2019s neonatal intensive care unit, Saybie was discharged home earlier\nthis month weighing a healthy 2.2 kg and sporting a graduation cap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe is a miracle, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d\nsaid Kim Norby, one of the nurses who cared for Saybie as she fought to survive\n\u2014 with a sign by her crib that read \u201ctiny but mighty\u201d cheering her on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emma Wiest, another nurse featured in\nthe video, said Saybie was so small at birth that \u201cyou could barely see her on\nthe bed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doctors said that apart from Saybie\u2019s\nfighting spirit, her survival as a micro preemie \u2014 a baby born before 28 weeks\u2019\ngestation \u2014 could be attributed to the fact that she suffered no serious\ncomplications after birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saybie\u2019s ranking as the world\u2019s tiniest\nbaby ever to survive is according to the Tiniest Babies Registry, maintained by\nthe University of Iowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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