An infant girl who weighed about the same as a large apple when she was born five months ago has gone home from a San Diego hospital.
The baby, known as Saybie, weighed 8.6 ounces (245 grams) when she was born in December and is believed to be the world's tiniest baby ever to survive.
She's been cared for at Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, with the hospital confirming her discharge in a statement on Wednesday.
Saybie weighed a little more than a large Golden Delicious apple, which usually is about 7.5 ounces.
She is believed to have broken the record for the world's tiniest baby, according to the Tiniest Babies Registry.
The record was previously held by a baby who weighed 8.9 ounces when she was born in Germany in 2015, according to the registry maintained by the University of Iowa.
In December, Saybie's mother, who wished to remain anonymous, gave birth through emergency cesarean section at 23 weeks, three days gestation in the womb.
That's about 17 weeks earlier than the typical pregnancy, the hospital revealed.
"Doctors said the preterm birth was necessary after they found that the baby was not gaining weight and her mother's life was at immediate risk," the hospital said.
The mother said she felt uncomfortable but did not realise she was suffering from preeclampsia and low blood pressure , according to ABC News.
She said doctors told the child's father he only had an hour left with his daughter before the baby would die, ABC News reports.
Saybie, considered a micro preemie, was treated in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit until she was discharged to go home in May, when she weighed 5.6 pounds, according to the hospital.
"Saybie experienced virtually none of the medical challenges typically associated with micro preemies, which can include brain bleeds, and lung and heart issues," the hospital said.
