Infant Saybie was ʙᴏʀɴ at a San Dɪᴇgo ʜᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ at 23 weeks ɪɴᴄᴜʙᴀᴛɪᴏɴ in December. The ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ’s sᴍᴀʟʟᴇsᴛ sᴜʀᴠɪᴠɪɴɢ baby is finally going home after spending five months in the ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ. Saybie, who was ʙᴏʀɴ at ᴊᴜsᴛ 8.6 ounces, or 254 grams, is the ᴛɪɴɪᴇsᴛ baby ever to sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ, ᴀᴄᴄᴏʀᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏFFɪᴄɪᴀʟ Tɪɴɪᴇsᴛ Bᴀʙʏ Rᴇɢɪsᴛʀʏ, ᴍᴀɪɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ Uɴɪᴠᴇʀsɪᴛʏ ᴏF Iᴏᴡᴀ . She was ʙᴏʀɴ at 23 weeks and 3 days, weighing ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴀ ᴊᴜɪᴄᴇ ʙᴏx ᴀᴛ ʙɪʀᴛʜ.
Saybie’s mother, who has chosen to ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴀɴᴏɴʏᴍᴏᴜs, said that she had been feeling ‘ᴜɴᴄᴏᴍFᴏʀᴛᴀʙʟᴇ’ for about a week, but thought it was ᴊᴜsᴛ a normal part of ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ. When she went to the ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ for a check-up, she was told she had ᴘʀᴇ-ᴇᴄʟᴀᴍᴘsɪᴀ, a ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀɪᴢᴇᴅ by high ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴘʀᴇssᴜʀᴇ. The ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs decided they had to ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀ Saybie ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. She said :”I kept telling them that she’s ɴᴏᴛ going to sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ, I’m only 23 weeks. A ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ lasts 40 weeks. It was the sᴄᴀʀɪᴇsᴛ day of my life”.
Saybie was ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ, she was much sᴍᴀʟʟᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ sᴛᴀFF had anticipated. Saybie was about ʜᴀʟF the weight of a normal 23-week baby. Saybie’s mother said in a video discharged by the ʜᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀ :” At 254 grams, there’s reservations on sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ. Despite the ʟᴏᴡ ᴏᴅᴅs, the ɴᴜʀsᴇs and Saybie’s parents ᴋᴇᴘᴛ Fɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ for her. They told my husband that he had about an hour with her, and that she was going to ᴘᴀss ᴀᴡᴀʏ. But that hour turned into two hours, which turned into a day, which turned into a week. She’s a ᴍɪʀᴀᴄʟᴇ, that’s for sure.”
Cᴏɴᴄᴜʀʀɪɴɢ to the Mᴏsᴛ ᴍɪɴᴏʀ IɴFᴀɴᴛ Rᴇɢɪsᴛʀʏ, ᴋᴇᴘᴛ up be the Cᴏʟʟᴇɢᴇ of Iᴏᴡᴀ, Saybie is the ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇsᴛ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ to ever sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ. After being sᴛᴀʙɪʟɪᴢᴇᴅ by the ʟɪFᴇ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ team st Sʜᴀʀᴘ Mᴀʀʏ Bɪʀᴄʜ Hᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ Fᴏʀ Wᴏᴍᴇɴ and Nᴇᴡʙᴏʀɴs in Sᴀɴ Dɪᴇɢᴏ, CᴀʟɪFᴏʀɴɪᴀ, she was ɪᴍᴍᴇᴅɪᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ᴛʀᴀɴsFᴇʀʀᴇᴅ to the ɴᴇᴏɴᴀᴛᴀʟ ɪɴᴛᴇɴsɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴜɴɪᴛ. Saybie, which is the name that was given to her by her ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ, was ᴅɪsᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇᴅ ᴇᴀʀʟɪᴇr this month, weighing a healthy 5.6 pounds, about as ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ as a sᴍᴀʟʟ bag of rice.
