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}}</ref>At birth, she was {{convert|9|in|cm|2}} long and weighed 10 ounces (283&nbsp;grams).<ref name="bbcAmillia"/> She suffered [[digestion|digestive]] and [[Respiratory system|respiratory]] problems, together with a [[brain]] [[bleeding|hemorrhage]]. She was discharged from the Baptist Children's Hospital on 20 February 2007.<ref name="BBCAmilliabbcAmillia"/>
 
The lower limit of viability is approximately five months [[gestational age]], and usually later.<ref>Halamek, Louis. "[http://neoreviews.aappublications.org/cgi/content/extract/4/6/e153 Prenatal Consultation at the Limits of Viability]", ''NeoReviews'', Vol.4 No.6 (2003): "most neonatologists would agree that survival of infants younger than approximately 22 to 23 weeks’ estimated gestational age [i.e. 20 to 21 weeks' estimated fertilization age] is universally dismal and that resuscitative efforts should not be undertaken when a neonate is born at this point in pregnancy."</ref>