Their parents Michaela White and Jason Hopkins told Guinness World Records that their daughter was born at 22 weeks at Bristol’s Southmead Hospital and weighed two pounds 13 ounces (1,284 grams), a weight which also makes them the oldest triplets.
Rubi-Rose, Payton-Jane and Porsche-Mae Hopkins, three British-born triplets have broken a Guinness World Record, for being the lightest and premature baby in the world.
His parents Michaela White and Jason Hopkins returned to the book Guinness World Recordsthat her daughter born at 22 weekson Valentine’s Day in 2021, at Southmead Hospital in Bristol and weighed a total of two pounds 13 ounces (1,284 grams), a weight which also makes them the lightest triplets in the world.
Michaela and Jason said their daughter had “greatly grown” since then. Their estimated date of birth is June 15, 2021.
After their premature delivery, the triplets remained in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for several months due to their early arrival, however, they were laid off in July 2021.
“Since they left the hospital. They had just sprouted and their health had improved“White, 32, said.
Michaela White pointed out that she lived through the traumatic event, as she was unable to see her daughters when they were born as they were quickly placed in an incubator where they were wrapped in polyethylene to act as a uterus and regulate their body temperature.
According to BBC news, babies’ first 72 hours of life are the most critical, with each having to breathe independently for 10 seconds before doctors can step in to give them oxygen.
“The NICU journey itself, every parent that has been through it, whether it’s been two days or, like us 216 days, is one of the most difficult journeys they will go through,” said Hopkins.
the three girls born with cerebral palsy and have a lifelong condition that affects their movement and coordination.
Hopkins also said the experience of seeing her daughter in the NICU was “very difficult”, but she thanked the medical staff for everything they did and continue to do for her two-year-old daughter.
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