I was 11 weeks early. Not sure what I weighed, but there is a picture of my hand being dwarfed by a 50 pence piece. My mum was told by the doctors that if I didn't have learning difficulties, at the very least I would be crap at maths. A bit later I had to have a shunt put in to drain cranial fluid.

At 22, I haven't needed any revisions of the shunt (i.e. supplementary brain surgery for funsies), and am studying physics and philosophy at uni. So I guess it's a win that I was lucky enough to be born when and where I was.
(Foxinsockssir, Sat 30 Apr 2011, 11:28, 1 reply)

Ah, the baby-to-scale photos!
There's one of me in my father's hand, and while he is 6'4", I obviously take up entirely less space than all the other random things my mother chose to photograph for scale, like the cat, a loaf of bread and a football.

Good on you for also getting one over on the doctors! I am crap at maths, but I think that just runs in the family.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Mon 2 May 2011, 19:50, closed)