West Alabama Boy Named World’s Most Premature Infant to Survive
This undated photo provided by the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows Michelle Butler of Eutaw and son Curtis Means in Birmingham. The child has been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s most premature baby to survive. (Andrea Mabry/UAB University Relations via AP)
A West Alabama boy who weighed less than a pound at birth after his mother went into labor at only 21 weeks and one day of gestation has been certified as the world’s most premature baby to survive.
Guinness World Records and UAB Hospital announced Wednesday that Curtis Means beat the previous record by one day.
Curtis was born 132 days premature on July 5, 2020 with a twin who didn’t survive. Weighing only 14.8 ounces at birth, the boy is now healthy and 16 months old.
Mother Michelle Butler of Eutaw says she’ll always remember being able to take Curtis home and surprise her older children.
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