British triplets have set two Guinness World Records - most premature birth and lightest ever birth-weight. Rubi-Rose, Payton Jane and Porscha-Mae Hopkins were born at just 22 weeks and five days with a combined weight of 1.284kg (2.83lb).
Rubi-Rose was born first, at 10:33 am, weighing 467 g (1 lb) and immediately swaddled in a polythene wrapping which acted as a makeshift womb, reducing heat loss and risk of hypothermia. Payton-Jane was delivered at 12:01 weighing 402 g (0.89 lb) and Porscha-Mae at 12:02 pm weighing 415 g (0.91 oz) by emergency caesarean section.
The record-breaking triplets were born on February 14, 2021 and have just celebrated their 2nd birthday. Their parents Michaela White and Jay Hopkins from Bristol, have two older siblings Jaime-Leigh, 8, and Isaac, 6.
