A set of British triplets have set two Guinness World records after measuring the most premature birth and the lightest ever birth weight.
Rubi-Rose, Payton Jane, and Porscha-Mae Hopking were born at just 22 weeks and five days with a combined weight of 1.284kg. The first to be born at 10.33am, Rubi-Rose, weighed 467g (1lb) and was immediately covered in a polythene wrapping which acted as a makeshift womb, reducing heat loss, and the risk of hypothermia.
After this, Payton-Jane was born at 12.01 weighing 402g (0.89lb) while Porscha-Mae was born at 12.02pm weighing 415g by emergency caesarean section. The triplets were all born on February 14, 2021 and have just celebrated their 2nd birthday.
