Miracle of life: was born with 268 grams and has the high

From Keio University, they made it clear that he is the smallest child to survive premature birth according to all the registers of the planet. Prior to this case, the file belonged to a baby born in Germany in 2009, which weighed just 274 grams. Meanwhile, the smallest baby born is also born in Germany in 2015, if any, with 252 grams.

The baby boy was born in August, at the 24th week of gestation. He had stopped growing. He was so small that he slipped into the palms of his hands

The case of this Japanese baby is not accidental, it is the country of the world where the mortality of the newborns is the lowest according to the official data of UNICEF. In this country, the survival rate of newborns weighing less than one kilogram is 90%. This proportion is reduced to less than 50% for babies under 300 grams. According to official data, 23 babies born prematurely weighing less than 300 grams worldwide have survived. According to the Tiniest Babies Registry website, only four of them were men.

This Japanese baby was born by emergency cesarean section in August after only 24 weeks of gestation, while it is normal for a pregnancy to last about 40 weeks. The doctors had to take the child out when he realized that he had stopped growing in the womb. It was so small that an image spoke of itself: his whole body slipped into a pair of joined hands.

3238 grams is the weight with which the creature has returned home.

According to specialists, and despite its prematurity, the child is fed normally and can lead a life comparable to that of any other creature.

The baby spent several months in the hospital, including intensive care in the neonatal area of ​​the health center, until he was finally released last week. She now weighs 3.2 kg and normally feeds like any other baby her age. "I can only say that I am happy to have grown so much because, honestly, I was not sure I could survive," repeated the boy's mother, according to a hospital report. Keio University of Tokyo.

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines "low birth weight" when it is less than 2,500 grams. For the youngest children, the survival rate is much lower in boys than in girls. Medical experts do not know why, although some think it may be related to slower lung development in baby boys.