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.
Wow. I wish them both well.
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.
Oh. Interesting. Well, at least they are both doing fine now. I hope the baby has a long and healthy life.
NFL scouts are watching this kid already, no doubt, heheh.
That's not a baby, it's a preschooler!
ooohhhh...thats gonna leave a mark...
c-section?
They should...the little fella was born wearing cleats.
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