She is thought to be the smallest baby ever to survive a premature birth
She weighed less than a stick of butter
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The smallest baby to every survive a premature birth weighs less than a grapefruit.
Doctors in Witten, Germany, decided to deliver Emilia Grabarczyk early after detecting a problem with the placenta which meant if she stayed in the womb she would not have survived.
When Emilia was born at 25 weeks her feet were about the size of a thumbnail, and she had to be fed by a tiny tube into her belly. Before she weighed even 500g she underwent surgery on her abdomen.