Pre-term baby weighing 375gm and 20cm in length is growing | Hyderabad News

HYDERABAD: In what is presented as a medical wonder, a newborn, who weighed only 375 grams at the time of delivery in a city hospital, has managed to survive and thrive. The premature baby – Cherry – was born at 25 weeks of gestation, nearly 4 months ahead of schedule, and was released with a weight of almost 2 kg last week.

Cherry's mother, Nikita, originally from Chhattisgarh, had four missed pregnancies before conceiving Cherry on the fifth try, which was her only chance of having a baby.

The case of Cherry was also particularly complicated with multiple obstacles, including jaundice, feeding difficulties, multiple blood transfusions and chronic lung diseases. "Around 24 weeks, the ultrasound showed that there was very little amniotic fluid around the baby." The blood flow from mother to child was severely compromised and there was There was no way that the baby survived in the womb.After consulting many hospitals and doctors, they were referred to us, "said Dr. Ramesh Kancharla, president and CEO of the Rainbow Group of Hospitals.

It was however a challenge for the team of neonatologists since the smallest baby saved at the hospital weighed 449 grams. When the mother delivered on February 27, Cherry was only 375 grams and 20 inches in length. "The first 3-4 days are crucial because babies are the most fragile, in this case, in particular, there were many health problems such as a drop in oxygen levels and BP. baby's size, we had to find the smallest possible breathing tube to be inserted, and the baby had a hearing problem (PDA) that normally closes after birth and did not close and was important in the Cherry's case, causing an oxygenation problem, "says Dr. Dinesh Kumar Chirla, director of intensive care services.

"We had to administer special medications and keep the baby ventilated so that he could breathe. Fortunately for this child, there was no bleeding in the brain, "he added, but by the fifth day, Cherry had bleeding in her lungs and had to switch to a special ventilator called High Swing Ventilator. frequency where it has been successfully managed for nearly 105 days.