KK Women's and Children's Hospital has dressed up babies born prematurely as superheroes.

This is to celebrate World Prematurity Day on Nov. 17 this year.

The superhero theme is to celebrate the resilience of these babies who are beating the odds to continue to grow up healthy and complications-free after being born weeks or months before their full gestation period were up.

Some of the babies featured were born six to seven months into the pregnancy, which is some two to three months shy of the full nine-month gestation period.

Two of the babies were warded in hospital for 200 days or more, with one of them having stayed in hospital for 216 days.

This was what the hospital wrote for their post:

Preemies are babies born prematurely, often having to struggle to stay alive. Most of these preemies stay at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or Special Care Nursery for weeks to months before they are ready to leave the hospital to be at home with their families.

World Prematurity Day is celebrated on 17 November every year, a day when we honour all our Superhero preemies, for their admirable strength in their journeys of survival and growth. Together with their parents, we proudly present some of our KKH Superhero preemies! Check out their Superhero traits!

Here are the superhero babies:

Chen An, The Flash

Born at: 29 weeks 2 days gestation

Birth Weight: 1,350 grams

No. of days in hospital: 36 days and still inpatient

Superhero Trait: Swift. Quick to learn new tasks.

Aliia, the Wondergirl

Born at: 24 weeks 3 days gestation

Birth Weight: 710 grams

No. of days in hospital: 200 days and still inpatient

Superhero Trait: Courageous. Braved through storms.

Wei Yan, the Green Lantern

Born at: 24 weeks 4 days gestation

Birth Weight: 780 grams

No. of days in hospital: 105 days and still inpatient

Superhero trait: Brave. Beacon of strength even though his twin brother has been discharged.

Joshua, the Spiderboy

Born at: 30 weeks 4 days gestation

Birth Weight: 1,750 grams

No. of days in hospital: 43 days

Superhero trait: Charming. Wins everyone over.

Thaqif, Captain America

Born at: 24 weeks gestation

Birth Weight: 600 grams

No. of days in hospital: 216 days

Superhero trait: The strong and mighty one. Makes his presence known.

Sheraz, Thor

Born at: 29 weeks gestation

Birth Weight: 500 grams

No. of days in hospital: 98 days and still inpatient

Superhero trait: Indestructible. Smashes every challenge that comes his way.

Avril, the Wondergirl

Born at: 24 weeks 6 days gestation

Birth Weight: 810 grams

No. of days in hospital: 98 days

Superhero trait: Zealous. Lively and energetic, especially at milk times.

Asher, Robin

Born at: 26 weeks gestation

Birth Weight: 855 grams

No. of days in hospital: 112 days and still inpatient

Superhero trait: Resilient, against all the odds.

Elyza, the Supergirl

Born at 26 weeks 1 day gestation

Birth Weight: 850 grams

No. of days in hospital: 45 days and still inpatient

Superhero trait: Fortitude. Able to remain calm even when things get chaotic.

This is their full post:

Photography by Dr. Janlie Banas, Clinical Associate, Dept of Neonatology

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