Archive for August, 2009

How Must did the World’s Tiniest Surviving Infancy Weigh at Birth

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Madeline was delivered by emergency caesarean section, but since she had spent only 27 weeks instead of the normal 36 to 40 weeks in the womb, she weighs less than a point a butter tiny 9.9 ounces. The doctor could hold her in the palm of one hand. Premature infants do not usually survive if [...]