Woman gives birth to 17lb baby!!

banesmabes · 30-01-2007, 10:16

By Caesarean section thankfully! Apparently his growth was affected by the mother's diabetes. Full story and picture here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4191765.stm

dibsy · 30-01-2007, 10:32

OMG, that's huge!

I thought my daughter was bad at 10lb 3!!

D2J · 30-01-2007, 10:41

He's a mini boxer

I just slipped out at 6lb 7!

The_DADDY · 30-01-2007, 10:52

Fat little g*t

Plain Talker · 30-01-2007, 10:56

dear god! I have one thing to say:- "Yipe!!!"

hope mother and baby are doing ok?

edit to add, that child is three times the average, at almost 18lbs, average birth weight is is 6-7lbs approx. (IIRC)

Grim Reaper · 30-01-2007, 12:50

OMG my son was 11 2 and natural birth, I feel her pain

Sheffette · 30-01-2007, 13:05

my baby is nearly nine months and only just hovering around 17lb - jeez.

Moonbird · 30-01-2007, 13:27

Poor poor woman

she won't be able to sit down for months

hmr44 · 30-01-2007, 13:53

Ouch

I'm never ever having children... lol

Rich · 30-01-2007, 14:04

Bloody hell that's some big babby!

charlie9865 · 30-01-2007, 14:27

My cousin was a big baby but that was cos of my aunts diabetes.My son was 9lb 50z i like big babies though .

dibsy · 30-01-2007, 14:30

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Originally Posted by Moonbird

Poor poor woman

she won't be able to sit down for months

She had a c section apparently.

Giving birth to my daughter was easier than my son when he was born at 7lb12 but he was my first and I had to sit on a rubber ring for days.

samc · 30-01-2007, 14:30

OMG - will he still grow or not gain weight for a while so the others catch up? Or will he always be enormous?

Hope there are no long-term health issues for him.

D2J · 30-01-2007, 14:31

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Originally Posted by dibsy

and I had to sit on a rubber ring for days.

So what your saying is Child Birth may sting a bit?!?

mrsb73 · 30-01-2007, 14:56

Oh stop it!! I'm 5 days overdue, my first was an eye watering 9lb 6 and I got tested for gestational diabetes this time, but I havn't got it thank goodness. Making my eyes water thinking about what I have got to go through any minute soon!

D2J · 30-01-2007, 15:07

Yours could be 20lb

banesmabes · 30-01-2007, 15:41

Quite possible, especially as the report says the biggest newborn on record was 23lbs!

BasilRathbon · 30-01-2007, 16:29

It's time something was done about these obese babies and the strain they put on the NHS. If they didn't just lie around there all day in the womb eating Mcdonalds and KFC, maybe they wouldn't come out so fat.....

Plain Talker · 30-01-2007, 16:33

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Originally Posted by dibsy

She had a c section apparently.

dear god, i should hope she did at that size!!
my old next door neighbour gave birth to a 13lb-er, many years ago (he must be 50 if he's a day) and she had a horrendous time with him as she didn't have a c-section. (she never had another, btw!).

banesmabes · 30-01-2007, 16:36

I wonder about the Canadian woman back in the 1800s who had the 23lb baby - were c-sections freely available back then?!?