I'm so glad you posted this! I saw little Zoe on the news, but they didn't say why she was so small and was born prematurely. (This is a MAJOR peeve of mine.)

Carol (38)
DH Bill (40)
Tara Mairichi
12/7-12/9, 2002
The Mightiest Little Angel

A cousin was 1 lb at birth (in the 1940s). He said they wrapped him in a blanket and kept him in a dresser drawer by the fireplace.

He was so amazed, looking at Aaron in the NICU... realizing that Aaron was DOUBLE his birth weight!

Now, he's a big, tall healthy man.

Sharel

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Sharel O'Connell
Interim President, Pittsburgh area Chapter
'Parents of Preemies' co-moderator
Survivor of Preeclampsia, HELLP Syndome, & preemie parenting

Wife of Kevin
Mother to Aaron (28 weeker, 5/2/02)

Oh, Sara, I'm laughing through my tears! [:(][:)]

Ileana
IT Coordinator

Mother of Angel - stillborn on Feb 17, 2003 (24wGA, 410g)

Sue,

Try this

http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/tiniestbabies/index.htm

Ileana
IT Coordinator

Mother of Angel - stillborn on Feb 17, 2003 (24wGA, 410g)

My grandma (born in rural Alberta, Canada) was only about 3 lbs. at birth (or so she says...). They didn't even call for the doctor because they figured she was just going to die. She said that they wrapped her up, put her in a small box (like a shoe box size), and put her by the wood burning stove. My great-grandpa would periodically pick her up, flip her over and smack her repeatedly on the back. She told me (in all seriousness) to do this with Maggie in the NICU, but somehow I think that the nurses wouldn't have approved...[:D]

Sara, 23
Acting President, Utah Chapter

DH, Scott, 25
Maggie Lylas, 6/9/03, 29 weeks, severe pre-e
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/m/maggielylas/

I cant get this link to work for some reason. Any other ideas how i can get to the information? I would also love to read about the records of tiny preemies...

Sue (40)
Chris (37)
DD Eleanor Susan (Ellie)
born at 27wks severe PE
24 July 03 - 20 August 03

My husband's Auntie Peg (probably getting close to 70 at this stage) was about 2 lb when she was born. According to my FIL they wrapped her in lambswool and rubbed her skin with olive oil!! No hospital, rural Ireland. Amazing!

Catherine
Mom to Finn, Lucy (preeclampsia and HELLP) and Chloe.
Moderator HELLP Syndrome Survivors

In the article there is a link to a web site that has the records of tiny preemies...

Did you see the one born in '38 that was fed with brandy and lived 44 years? [:p]

Also did you see they are mainly girls? The two boys that I looked the details for both had ongoing problems...

Thanks Michelle!

Ileana
IT Coordinator

Mother of Angel - stillborn on Feb 17, 2003 (24wGA, 410g)

Its amazing what happens to some babies.

When Mason was born, there was a woman at my hospital who had been in a car accident several years prior and had the seat belt go through her abdomen. The hospital had to reconstruct it for her and fast forward to when she got pregnant, they had to set up some special net type thing to allow her stomach to expand etc..

They ended up tkaing the baby fairly early (before 32 weeks) because they could do nothing else to allow the baby room to grow.

Just goes to show not matter the odds against you, good things do happen!

Erin

Moderator - First Time Moms, Parents of Preemies
Interm Chapter President - St. Louis/Missouri
Mommy to Alex and Mason

Thanks for posting this...I caught the the tail end of the parents interview on GMA this morning and missed most of the info. Will keep baby Zoe in my thoughts.

Ariana-born 5/3/03 at 35 weeks