Record-breaking miracle baby weighed less than a can of Coke
She’s broken records, defied the odds, and left doctors in awe.
Baby Miracle was born in March at barely 21 weeks, weighing less than a can of Coke.
Baby Miracle was born in March at barely 21 weeks, weighing less than a can of Coke. Nine
Doctors believe she’s the most premature baby in Australia to survive.
Meet Makerita Miracle Tanuvasa’s mother Annrose.
“I took one look at her and I was like, ‘There’s no way she’s gonna make it’,” she said.
The little girl is now home in Logan Reserve, Queensland.
Miracle arrived four months early to Annrose and Misi on March 25, at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
She was just 351 grams, but every ounce the fighter.
“She was about like hand-size, like our palm, we weren’t able to hold her, but it was yeah, she was very, very small,” Misi said.
Health workers say her survival would be almost unbelievable had they not witnessed it themselves.
Annrose only discovered she was pregnant five days before her baby was born, after completing a gym challenge but dropping little weight. Nine
Registered nurse Renee Judd said: “It’s quite a miracle, hence the name Miracle as well.”
Mum and dad couldn’t physically hold her until four weeks. She spent a total of 14 weeks in ICU.
Miracle’s discharge this month was a milestone that for so long seemed out of reach.
Annrose only discovered she was pregnant five days before her baby was born, after completing a gym challenge but dropping little weight.
“The sonographer told us that we were about 22 weeks pregnant. But I told her, I said that’s impossible. And she was like, ‘Why do you think it’s impossible?’ And I said, ‘Because I had a miscarriage in December’,” she said.
“She said, ‘Well maybe you had a twin and you miscarried the twin’.”
Then, a week after their baby girl’s delivery, the doctor had more news.
“A doctor came in to see me and she’s said, ‘She’s just not matching the scans that you came with’,” Annrose said.
Miracle arrived four months early to Annrose and Misi on March 25, at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Baby Miracle was born in March at barely 21 weeks, weighing less than a can of Coke.
Miracle was too tiny, revealing she had been even younger than first thought.
Born at 21 weeks and three days, she was so premature that resuscitation would usually not be an option.
It means Miracle is not only believed to be the tiniest baby born in Queensland, but the most premature in Australia to survive.
She was just four days from becoming the most premature in the world.
A typical pregnancy is about 40 weeks.
“Even the doctors couldn’t explain how she was able to survive everything she’s gone through,” Misi said.
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