She weighed only 212 grams when she was born, thus becoming the baby considered to be the smallest in the world at birth. After 13 months of intensive treatment at the Singapore hospital and carefully monitored growth, little Yu Xuan’s parents can finally take her home.
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The weight of an apple
212 grams for 24 centimeters long. Difficult to imagine a baby in these proportions? For comparison, this is more or less the weight of an apple. If Kwek Yu Xuan was so small when she was born, it’s because she was born at just under 25 weeks, says the BBC.
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Yu Xuan’s mother delivered her by emergency Caesarean section four months ahead of schedule, after she was diagnosed with preeclampsia – dangerously high blood pressure that can damage vital organs and be fatal to the mother. and the baby.
A “limited chance of survival”
The little girl had a “limited chance of survival,” according to the National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore where she was born. Caregivers used multiple treatments and different types of machines to keep her alive for months after birth. Yu Xuan will also always need respiratory help at home because of a chronic lung disease which should nevertheless improve over time according to the doctors’ predictions.
After 13 months of care and remarkable growth, the little girl now weighs 6.3 kilograms, a weight considered healthy for an infant. His doctors are confident and have authorized his discharge from the hospital. “Against all odds, with health complications present at birth, she inspired the people around her with her persistence and growth, which makes her an extraordinary ‘Covid-19’ baby – a radius of hope in turmoil, “the hospital said in a statement.
The previous record holder for the world’s smallest baby was a U.S.-born girl who weighed 245g when she was born in 2018, according to the University of Iowa’s Smallest Babies Registry.
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