The world’s smallest surviving baby has been discharged from the hospital five months after she was born at just 23 weeks gestation, according to the hospital.
Believed to be the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemie, Saybie weighed just 245 grams when she was born in December at a San Diego hospital.
Her mother underwent an eмerɢeɴcy ceѕαreαɴ ѕecтιoɴ after she eхperιeɴced ѕevere pregnancy complications and doctors determined that the baby was not gaining weight and the mother’s life was at immediate risk.
The girl faces enormous challenges as a micro-preemie, who is an infant born before 28 weeks of gestation. Micro-preemies can experience vision and hearing problems, developmental issues and a host of other complications.
Many do not survive the first year, said Michelle Kling of the March of Dimes, a nonprofit that works to improve the health of mothers and babies.
So far Saybie has beaten the odds.
“She’s a miracle, that’s for sure,” said nurse Kim Norby.
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