'World's Smallest Known Baby' Born the Weight of an Apple Finally Goes Home After 13 Months in Hospital

When Yu Xuan was born in June 2020, she weighed a mere 7.5 ounces. Coming in at about the same weight as an apple, the tiny newborn faced a litany of complications from being born so early.

Parents Kwek Wee Liang and Wong Mei Ling of Malaysia, who also have a son, welcomed Yu Xuan into the world early because Wong Mei Ling was suffering from preeclampsia, and had to deliver right away.

So, nearly four months early, the “world’s smallest known 👶Baby” was delivered via c-section at Singapore’s National University Hospital (NUH) at just shy of 25 weeks.

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“I didn’t expect to give birth so quickly, and we were very sad that Yu Xuan was born so small,” Wong told The Straits Times. “But due to my condition, we didn’t have a choice. We could just hope that she would continue to grow (and be healthy).”

When veteran nurse Zhang Suhe first saw the preemie, she could barely believe her eyes.

“I was shocked so I spoke to the professor (in the same department) and asked if he could believe it,” she said. “In my 22 years of being a nurse, I haven’t seen such a small newborn