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What’s The Earliest A Baby Can Be Born And Survive?
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At what week in pregnancy can a baby survive outside the womb?
The earliest a baby has been born and survived is 21 weeks and 5 days. Two premature babies hold the record for this.
Surprisingly, the first record holder was born in 1987, a time when the medical care of premature babies (neonatology) was a very new field.
However, this is well before the accepted age of viability. Usually, the earliest a baby can survive is about 22 weeks gestation. The age of viability is 24 weeks.
At 22 weeks, there’s a 0-10% chance of survival; at 24 weeks the survival rate is 40-70%.
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U.S. Abortion Statistics
Facts and figures relating to the frequency of abortion in the United States.www.abort73.com
WHEN DO ABORTIONS OCCUR?
- In 2019, 79% of all U.S. abortions occurred prior to the 10th week of gestation; 93% occurred prior to 14 weeks’ gestation (CDC).
- Percentage of 2019 Reported Abortions by Weeks of Gestation* (CDC):
*Gestational weeks are measured from the first day of the woman's last menstruation and not from the day of conception. Though it does not provide an accurate fetal age (which is roughly 2 weeks less than the gestational age), it is the simplest way for an OB/GYN to age a pregnancy since the day of conception is often not known. Hence, if an abortion occurs at 8 weeks gestation, it is actually aborting a 6 week embryo. The images on our Prenatal Development and Abortion Pictures pages are more precisely captioned with fetal ages in accordance with standard teaching texts on prenatal development.
≤6 wks 7-9 wks 10-13 wks 14-15 wks 16-17 wks 18-20 wks ≥21 wks 42.9% 36.4% 13.4% 2.9% 1.7% 1.6% 1.0%
WEEK 6
(8 weeks after the first day of the last normal menstrual period)
- The embryo is about 1/2-inch and has a four-chambered heart and nostrils.
- Electrical activity begins in the developing brain and nervous system.
- The brain continues to form.
- The lungs begin to form.
- Fingers and toes begin to form, and arms and legs have grown longer.
- Feet and hands can be distinguished and now have fingers and toes (digits), which may still be webbed.
- The shell-shaped parts of the baby's ears are forming, and the baby's eyes are visible. The upper lip and nose have formed.
- The trunk of the baby's body is beginning to straighten.

Stages of Fetal Development - First Trimester | La Dept. of Health
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