A Tokyo-new born baby-boy is reported to make a new world record for the tiniest baby-boy ever.
At the time of birth, the boy could fit in both palms of an adult’s hands and weighed slightly more than a grapefruit, breaking the previous record of a German boy weighing 9.67 ounces in 2009.
The unidentified boy weighed 9.45 ounces at birth, the Keio University Hospital in Tokyo said.
An average baby weight according to the World Health Organization is about 7.28 pounds.
The newborn had to be put through an emergency C-section for fear of his life.
His weight stopped increasing at 24 weeks of pregnancy.
However, after staying in the neonatal ICU for five months, the baby’s weight increased to 7.1 pounds, making him healthy enough for discharge.