Amillia Sonja Taylor

A premature baby only slightly longer than a ballpoint pen at birth was due to be sent home in the coming days from a US hospital after four months of neonatal intensive care, the hospital said on Tuesday.The Baptist Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida, said Amillia Sonja Taylor was born at 21 weeks and six days on 24 October 2006, making her possibly the most premature baby on record to survive.The claim was based on the University of Iowa's registry of the tiniest babies. The university...Read Full Story

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Amillia weighed just under 10 ounces (283.5 grams) and measured 9.5 inches in length when she was born!Read Full Story