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Tennessee Baby Born at 12 Ounces Is Thriving
Born at 24 weeks' gestation, little Olivia Grace Reimers weighed only 12 ounces at birth February 10. To the astonishment of her doctors, she left Centennial Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, four months later weighing over five pounds and expected to live a healthy life, according to the Tennessean.
The survival of such a small baby is quite rare. Other area hospitals found no records of babies under 15 ounces surviving their births, the newspaper reported.
"I have been a high-risk specialist here since the mid-80s, and we've delivered a lot of tiny babies, but a baby under 400 grams - - I think ...