Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby

[happynewyear]

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A woman in northeastern Brazil has given birth to what one doctor called a "giant baby," a boy weighing 16.7 pounds.

Francisca Ramos dos Santos, 38, gave birth to the healthy boy named Ademilton on Tuesday at a hospital in Salvador, 900 miles northeast of Sao Paulo. He was the largest baby born at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital in its 12-year history, the hospital said.

"Obviously the baby was born by Caesarean section," hospital director Rita Leal said. "Both mother and baby are doing just fine."

Ademilton "could truly be considered a giant baby, for he was born weighing what a six-month-old-baby normally weighs," pediatrician Luiz Sena Azul told the Correio da Bahia newspaper.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=534&e=1&u=/ap/20050120/ap_on_he_me/brazil_big_baby

[Bono71]

1. Joe Paterno has already offered this kid a scholarship to

Penn State to play OT in the Nittany Lions class of 2026.

[happynewyear]

3. good thing it was a c-section!

because *ouch*! :D

:kick:

[Danmel]

2. I love the "obviously"

My husband had a co worker who gave birth to a 12 ound 4 ounce boy. She had a cesaeran and the insurance company gave her a hard time. THey couldn't understand the justification for the c-sec!!!!

16+ pounds is one huge baby!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

4. INVASION OF THE GIANT BRAZILIANS!!!

Yes, my purpose here is assess the enemies' weaknesses. The invasion is coming!

[Skidmore]

5. He's a big boy alright.

My son was a 12 pounder and I thought he was big. He was also not delivered Ceasarian, although he probably should have been. My grandson was almost 13 lbs. Both my daughter and I are 5' in height and with relatively small bone structures. Nothing like feeling like an alien has taken possession of your body when you're growing a bump that size. I feel for this woman. He's going to be fun to pack around.

[happynewyear]

9. picture ...

BIG alright! Very BIG!! Yikes!

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. oh my! He is the same size my kids were at 1 year, minus a pound or two

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[hippiechick]

6. Oh my holy hell, I feel sorry for that woman !!!

HippieKid was a measly 9 pounder and I felt like I was going to explode. The last few weeks must have been TERRIBLE for that poor woman !!!



:hippie:

[swimmernsecretsea]

20. Poor woman! That baby must've been hell to carry

Was the Cesarean so he could crawl to freedom?

[SujiwanKenobee]

7. News reported that the huge size resulted from Mom's untreated diabetes

I had a 12lb. son and thought that was plenty large enough non-C, thank you!

[Left Is Write]

15. My third was 10 lb, 9 oz, also not a C-section.

[Ezlivin]

8. Woman wanted child to skip adolescence

She thought that by extending her pregnancy she could deliver the child later. She could skip the whole breast-feeding deal and get ready for him to leave home.

Either that or she's the most anal-retentive woman on record.

[zbird]

10. My father weighed in at over 15 pounds when he was born.

This was many, many moons ago, and he was not a C-section delivery. He was my grandmother's 12th child, and she was a big woman. From the accounts I have heard, she had no problems with the delivery.

[Pithlet]

11. Ouch

My uterus and other sensitive bits hurt reading that article.

The first thing I wondered is if she had diabetes, which it turns out she does. I had gestational diabetes, and one of the concerns is overly large babies if it isn't treated effectively.

[Coexist]

14. I know - my smallest was 9lbs and I was constantly

being given tests. Which was all right by me. Unfortunately, I just have big babies. They ranged from 9.1 - 12 lbs. I stopped after the 12lb.er. I was afraid of the next one. He JUST fit.

[Left Is Write]

17. Yup! Same here.

My first was 8 lb, 1/2 oz. The second was 9 lb, 8 oz. The third was 10 lb, 9 oz. I had borderline blood sugar with the second, but not full-blown GD. With the first and third, my blood sugar was completely normal.

[Spider Jerusalem]

13. For some reason...

this and the story about the Romanian woman from a few days ago made me imagine the headline "Giant Baby Gives Birth To 66-Year Old Woman"... :shrug:

[bloodyjack]

18. "In Romania, baby gives birth to YOU"

[Shakespeare]

16. "Congratulations, ma'am-you've just given birth to a toddler!"

I hope that, at the very least, she got good drugs. OUCH.

[foo_bar]

19. the Weekly World News predicted this years ago

When the NYT does batboy stories, you'll know we've arrived.