http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11222-worlds-most-premature-baby-set-to-leave-hospital.htmlWorld's most premature baby set to leave hospital
22:20 20 February 2007
NewScientist.com news service
New Scientist and Reuters
A premature baby only slightly longer than a ballpoint pen at birth was due to be sent home in the coming days from a US hospital after four months of neonatal intensive care, the hospital said on Tuesday.
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Amillia weighed just under 283.5 grams (10 ounces) and measured 24.13 cm (9.5 inches) in length when she was born.
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Conceived by in vitro fertilisation, she was delivered via Caesarean section after attempts to delay a premature delivery failed, the hospital said. She breathed without assistance at birth and even tried to cry.
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