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Filed under: Your Pregnancy, Health & Safety: Babies, Media
Tiny Amillia Taylor is finally home from the hospital.
The world's most premature surviving baby spent a grueling 4 months in the hospital after being born weighing just 10 ounces. Wow. That's unfathomable. Previously, babies under 14 ounces were thought to to be unable to survive.
Amillia's survival is a credited to advances in neo-natal medicine, and her parents are so grateful to have her home. Amillia is now four pounds, "plump" to her Mother who had been unable to hold Amillia for the first 6 weeks after her birth at 22 weeks gestation.
Amillia's name means "resilient" in Latin - a fighter and hardworking. Click through to the BBC story and the picture of the tiniest pair of feet you've ever seen to envision just how wee this baby was.
Heartfelt congratulations to Amillia and her parents.
The world's most premature surviving baby spent a grueling 4 months in the hospital after being born weighing just 10 ounces. Wow. That's unfathomable. Previously, babies under 14 ounces were thought to to be unable to survive.
Amillia's survival is a credited to advances in neo-natal medicine, and her parents are so grateful to have her home. Amillia is now four pounds, "plump" to her Mother who had been unable to hold Amillia for the first 6 weeks after her birth at 22 weeks gestation.
Amillia's name means "resilient" in Latin - a fighter and hardworking. Click through to the BBC story and the picture of the tiniest pair of feet you've ever seen to envision just how wee this baby was.
Heartfelt congratulations to Amillia and her parents.
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2-24-2007 @ 7:02PM
Eva said...While this is indeed miraculous, I think you should amend the statement that she is the "most premature." She may indeed be the smallest baby to survive so far, but she is not the youngest, as babies born prior to 22 weeks have survived.
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2-24-2007 @ 7:33PM
dessaluvu said...I have a preemie, but she was 32 weeks old, and it was hard and now she,s 4 weeks and she's only 5 pds. Its scary but by the grace of god she's alive
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2-24-2007 @ 8:08PM
Tabitha said...I weighed 1 pound and twelve ounces at birth and then lost to 1 pound 4 ounces .I was born at 26 weeks and stayed in the hospital for 2 and a half months.I now weigh 165 pounds so I've grown in leaps and bounds since age 11.
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2-24-2007 @ 11:05PM
Tamyu said...I can`t help but wonder what sort of damage she suffered, and wonder what awaits her family....
My son was a bit older, but still 14oz. And he certainly didn`t come through it unscathed as the news seems to be implying with this little girl - even though he was off of oxygen, etc, when he came home.
I hate to sound pessimistic, but a brain hemorrhage in a 22 week old brain is not going to have a good outcome. Pretty much anything that doesn`t kill a baby at that stage is considered "mild" - no matter what level of seriousness it would be in an adult.
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2-25-2007 @ 11:16AM
Michelle said...Tamyu, I had the same thoughts when I heard the story. It is far too early to declare "no long-term effects" Sure it makes for good news, but it's not very realistic. My son was a 1 lb 10 oz 25 weeker and we don't have near the issues you and your family have experienced, but there are still difficulties and hurdles to overcome, even without a brain bleed. Also, we thought we were home-free when he was released from NICU. I didn't have a clue hydrocephelus could be discovered at 12 mos and CP could be diagnosed at 2 years. I think the doctors and media are doing a disservice to future preemie parents by pretending everything is hunky-dorey once the baby comes home.
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