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World’s most premature baby, given 0% odds of survival, celebrates first birthday

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World’s most premature baby, given 0% odds of survival, celebrates first birthday
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2021/6/worlds-most-premature-baby-given-0-odds-of-survival-celebrates-first-birthday-663394
11 June 2021



...Weighing a mere 340 g (11.9 oz) – about the same as a can of soup, or one-tenth of the average weight for a full-term newborn – the initial prognosis for Richard Scott William Hutchinson was far from optimistic....

...Despite a due date of 13 October 2020, Beth experienced medical complications and unexpectedly went into labour almost four months earlier than anticipated. After an intensive discussion with the doctors, a plan was agreed to deliver Richard and then do all they could to sustain him.

Richard was born at a gestational age of 21 weeks 2 days, making him 131 days premature. The standard gestational period for a baby is 40 weeks....

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