Jakarta –
The baby who was considered the world’s smallest baby at birth has been released from hospital in Singapore after 13 months of intensive care.
Kwek Yu Xuan weighs just 212 grams – the weight of an apple – and is 24 cm long at birth.
She was born at just under 25 weeks of gestation – well below the 40-week average.
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The previous record holder for the world’s smallest baby was a baby girl in the US who weighed 245 grams at birth in 2018, according to the University of Iowa’s Smallest Baby Registry.
Yu Xuan’s mother delivered her by emergency cesarean section four months ahead of schedule after she was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia – a dangerously high blood pressure condition that risks damaging vital organs and being fatal for both mother and baby.
Yu Xuan is now much healthier at 6.3 kilograms.
The baby girl has “limited chances of survival”, according to Singapore’s National University Hospital (NUH), where she was born.
“Against all odds, with the many health complications she was born with, she has been an inspiration to those around her with her tenacity and growth, making her a ‘Covid-19’ baby – a ray of hope in the midst of chaos,” RS said in a statement. .
During his hospital stay, Yu Xuan was given various types of treatment and relied on various machines to survive.
Doctors say his health and growth have improved well under their care and he is now well enough to be discharged.
Yu Xuan still has a chronic lung disease and will still need a breathing apparatus at home. Even so, doctors at NUH say he is expected to improve over time.
His mother, Wong Mei Ling, told local media that Yu Xuan’s birth and size at birth was surprising, as her first child – a boy who was now four years old – was born at term.
Yu Xuan’s parents paid for her long hospitalization through a fundraising campaign that raised S$366.884 (Rp 3.89 billion).
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