Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby
Yahoo News ^ | Jan 20th, 2005

Posted on 01/20/2005 11:37:19 AM PST by missyme

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.

Santos has four other children — ages 9, 12, 14, and 15 — who were born weighing between 7.7 pounds and 11 pounds.

"She knew Ademilton would be a big baby, but not this big" Leal said. "She, her husband and the hospital staff were caught by surprise."

The average weight for newborns in Brazil is 7.7 pounds for boys and 6.6 pounds for girls.


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 01/20/2005 11:37:21 AM PST by missyme
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: missyme

Wow. I wish them both well.


2 posted on 01/20/2005 11:44:08 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Saw this on the news last night. She was said to have had Diabetes, and did NOT take care to monitor her blood sugar levels.


3 posted on 01/20/2005 11:46:32 AM PST by msdrby (Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen and defended by its citizens.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: msdrby

Oh. Interesting. Well, at least they are both doing fine now. I hope the baby has a long and healthy life.


4 posted on 01/20/2005 11:49:33 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: missyme

NFL scouts are watching this kid already, no doubt, heheh.


5 posted on 01/20/2005 11:54:44 AM PST by JFK_Lib
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: missyme

That's not a baby, it's a preschooler!


6 posted on 01/20/2005 2:17:47 PM PST by pharmamom ("You treat that cat better than you treat me." - the husband)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: missyme

ooohhhh...thats gonna leave a mark...


7 posted on 01/21/2005 12:00:47 AM PST by Khurkris (That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: missyme

c-section?


8 posted on 01/21/2005 12:01:37 AM PST by Pro-Bush (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --General Douglas MacArthur)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JFK_Lib
NFL scouts are watching this kid already, no doubt, heheh.

They should...the little fella was born wearing cleats.

9 posted on 01/21/2005 12:05:06 AM PST by Petronski (Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson