World’s Most Premature Birthed Kids Celebrate Second Birthday
British triplets who set Guinness World Records for being most premature birthed have yet again celebrated their second birthdays now In a row.
Rubi-Rose, Payton Jane and Porscha-Mae Hopkins were born at just 22 weeks and five days with a combined weight of 1.284kg on February 2021.
According to hospital records, Rubi-Rose was born first, at 10:33 am weighing 467 g and was immediately swaddled in a polythene wrapping which acted as a makeshift womb, reducing heat loss and risk of hypothermia. Payton-Jane was delivered at 12:01 weighing 402 g whilst Porscha-Mae was born at 12:02 pm weighing 415 g (0.91 oz) by emergency caesarean section.
The Guinness World Record now places the trio with a record of the most Premature Birthed ever witnessed and the second ever-lightest birth weight.
The three girls however have differing degrees of cerebral palsy, Rubi-Rose, the firstborn can eat, crawl, and walk independently while Porscha-Mae and Payton-Jane both have mobility difficulties and need to be fed via a tube.
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