On Wednesday, a hospital in San Diego announced that the world’s tiniest surviving baby has been born with a weight of 8.6 ounces.
Saybie was born three months early in December last year, and recently, she was released from the hospital in a good health condition.
When Saybie was still in the womb of her mother, the doctors at the Sharp Mary Birch Hospital, which is a hospital for Women and Newborn babies, saw that Saybie was not gaining weight while her mother was experiencing complications in her pregnancy.
This information was revealed during a press conference held by the hospital on Wednesday.
Due to the complications, the life of Saybie’s mum was at risk, which led the doctors to perform an emergency cesarean section operation.
The names of Saybie’s parents were not shared during the press release.
Saybie was so small when she was born that she could easily fit in the palm of the nurse’s hand.
According to the Tiniest Baby Registry, Saybie is currently considered as the world’s tiniest and smallest surviving baby.
After the health condition of Saybie was stabilized, she was then moved to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Saybie then spent 5 months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit under the close supervision of health care professionals which include nurses, nutritionists, and neonatologists.
The Sharp Mary Birch Hospital is home to the Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in San Diego, it is also one of the best hospitals in the world that are recognized in caring for micro premature babies.
During the press release, the hospital said, “The team was incredibly proud to care for Saybie and happy to wish her well when she graduated from the NICU and went home in May 2019.”
The Sharp Mary Birch Hospital also made a video for Saybie, which showed her “incredible transformation from the world’s smallest baby to a healthy, 5 month-old baby”.
She is now considered as the world’s smallest surviving baby.