Richard Scott William Hutchinson weighed just 11.9 oz when he was born 131 days before his due date.
A baby born almost five months before his due date has beaten the odds and celebrated his first birthday. Richard Scott William Hutchinson has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the most premature baby to survive after turning one on June 5. His due date had been October 13,2020, but his mother Beth Hutchinson experienced medical complications and went into labor four months earlier than expected. Born 131 days premature, Richard weighed just 11.9 oz, or around a tenth of the average weight of a newborn, and was so small his parents could hold him in the palm of one of their hands. Doctors at Children’s Minnesota hospital in Minneapolis then prepared his mother and father, Rick Hutchinson, for the worst. « When Rick and Beth received prenatal counseling on what to expect with a baby born so early, they were given a 0% chance of survival by our neonatology team, » Dr.
