{"id":858427,"date":"2026-08-17T12:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858427\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:10:12","slug":"record-breaking-miracle-baby-weighed-less-than-a-can-of-coke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/858427\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking miracle baby weighed less than a can of Coke"},"content":{"rendered":"

She\u2019s broken records, defied the odds, and left doctors in awe.<\/p>\n

Baby<\/a> Miracle was born in March at barely 21 weeks, weighing less than a can of Coke.<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

Baby Miracle was born in March at barely 21 weeks, weighing less than a can of Coke.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Doctors believe she\u2019s the most premature baby in Australia<\/a> to survive.<\/p>\n

Meet Makerita Miracle Tanuvasa\u2019s mother Annrose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took one look at her and I was like, \u2018There\u2019s no way she\u2019s gonna make it\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The little girl is now home in Logan Reserve, Queensland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Miracle arrived four months early to Annrose and Misi on March 25, at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She was just 351 grams, but every ounce the fighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was about like hand-size, like our palm, we weren\u2019t able to hold her, but it was yeah, she was very, very small,\u201d Misi said. <\/p>\n

Health workers say her survival would be almost unbelievable had they not witnessed it themselves.<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

Annrose only discovered she was pregnant five days before her baby was born, after completing a gym challenge but dropping little weight.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Registered nurse Renee Judd said: \u201cIt\u2019s quite a miracle, hence the name Miracle as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mum and dad couldn\u2019t physically hold her until four weeks. She spent a total of 14 weeks in ICU.<\/p>\n

Miracle\u2019s discharge this month was a milestone that for so long seemed out of reach.<\/p>\n

Annrose only discovered she was pregnant five days before her baby was born, after completing a gym challenge but dropping little weight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sonographer told us that we were about 22 weeks pregnant. But I told her, I said that\u2019s impossible. And she was like, \u2018Why do you think it\u2019s impossible?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Because I had a miscarriage in December\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, \u2018Well maybe you had a twin and you miscarried the twin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Then, a week after their baby girl\u2019s delivery, the doctor had more news.<\/p>\n

\u201cA doctor came in to see me and she\u2019s said, \u2018She\u2019s just not matching the scans that you came with\u2019,\u201d Annrose said.<\/p>\n

\"Baby<\/p>\n

Miracle arrived four months early to Annrose and Misi on March 25, at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s \u00a0Baby Miracle was born in March at barely 21 weeks, weighing less than a can of Coke.<\/p>\n

Miracle was too tiny, revealing she had been even younger than first thought.<\/p>\n

Born at 21 weeks and three days, she was so premature that resuscitation would usually not be an option.<\/p>\n

It means Miracle is not only believed to be the tiniest baby born in Queensland, but the most premature in Australia to survive.<\/p>\n

She was just four days from becoming the most premature in the world.<\/p>\n

A typical pregnancy is about 40 weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the doctors couldn\u2019t explain how she was able to survive everything she\u2019s gone through,\u201d Misi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She\u2019s broken records, defied the odds, and left doctors in awe. Baby Miracle was born in March at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-858427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}