A baby born at just 21 weeks gestation in Iowa has defied all odds to celebrate his first birthday — and has now been recognized by Guinness World Records as the most premature baby to survive.
Nash Keen was born on July 5, 2024, in Iowa City — 133 days before his due date. Weighing just 10 ounces (283 grams), about the size of a bar of soap, Nash spent more than six months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. He finally went home in January with his parents, Mollie and Randall Keen, to Ankeny, Iowa.
“Nash is so full of personality. He’s a happy baby,” Mollie said on Wednesday. “Given everything he’s been through, you’d expect him to be more fragile — but he’s not. He’s determined, curious, and always smiling.”…