Tiniest baby born at 24th week with 400gm weight in India goes viral

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06th Jan, 2023. 12:51 pm
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Shivanya is the youngest and tiniest baby to survive extreme preterm delivery in India.
She was born at 24 weeks and weighed only 400gm
Shivanya spent 94 days in intensive care before being released on August 23.

PUNE: Shivanya’s birth story is one for the record books. She was born at 24 weeks, or six months, and weighed only 400g, which is less than a typical milk sachet.

She is joyfully and steadily attaining her growth indices at her home in Pune’s Wakad, where physicians describe her as the youngest and tiniest baby to survive extreme preterm delivery in India. Shivanya, who was born on May 21 of last year, spent 94 days in intensive care before being released on August 23. She weighed 2,130gm when she was sent home. Such infants have a 0.5% chance of surviving. Babies delivered after the typical 37–40 week gestation period must weigh at least 2,500gm.

Her father said, “She weighs 4.5kg and has optimum food intake.”

According to specialists, Shivanya’s good health is a result of the work done by her doctors and the development of infant care in India, a country that has seen a number of cases of babies being born extremely preterm either at the lowest pregnancy period or with the lowest birth weight.

But when birthweight and gestational age are taken into account, Shivanya is the smallest. Dr. Sachin Shah, head neonatologist at Surya Mother and Child Care Hospital in Pune, stated that there has never been an instance of such an exceedingly premature survival in India.

A spinal cord abnormality was discovered during a routine sonography in the fifth month of pregnancy. As soon as the baby was born, doctors got ready to preserve it. Surgeons put up a lot of effort to prevent issues with early and late onset, such as paralysis and potential learning difficulties.

Her mother’s double uterus, a congenital anomaly, caused her to give birth prematurely (bicornuate). This occurs when a woman’s womb contains two distinct pouches, one of which is smaller than the other. Shivanya developed in the tiny womb and was born after only 24 weeks.

Experts said, “Micro-preemies” or premature babies, especially those weighing less than 750g, must be cared for in a highly sterile environment that closely resembles the womb.

Tiniest baby born at 24th week with 400gm weight in India goes viral

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