MalloryKeaton

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/nat...d_bigbaby.html
Woman In Brazil Gives Birth To What Doctors Call 'Giant Baby'
By The Associated Press
(01/20/05 - 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.
Ademilton dos Santos, a healthy 16.7-pound baby boy, was delivered to his surprised parents on Tuesday in Brazil.
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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. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

mh67511

Holy Crap

-Kelly-

Ouch

roswellain_chick16

Uh huh

Ambular

That's not a baby - that's a toddler

And I think my biological clock just stopped right here and now

*Ledi*

Oh my..

*Natalie*

Yesterday, my mom and I heard about this story on the news, and it flabbergasted my mom. We have family friend, whose grandchild weighed almost 13lbs and was 24 inches long.

shlee

Um...ow?

- Jen -

least she didnt have to push it out, but damn, carrying him around must of hurt bad

roswellain_chick16

Can you imagine how big she would have been by like her 2nd month?

SuGarPlum_Fairy

Wow, thats one big baby,

I dont think I wanna imagine though :p

Ambular

I wonder how much she ate while she was pregnant!

I know someone who was 12 lbs., and even that was almost unheard of.

Ai Ninjai

WOW..maybe the mom's a diabetic--i heard that people can become diabetic when pregnant--and their babies usually are really BIG--but that one is one big bebe

CrabbyCancer69

I think my uterus just had a panic attack. that is SO incredible.