First-Time Mum Gives Birth To Whopping 12lb Baby So Big Doctors Gasped
A first-time mum was shocked to give birth to a whopping 12lb baby so big that even the nurses and midwives gasped when he came out.
Fiona Hamilton-Currie, 40, was left with no choice but to dress her newborn son Buddy in six-month-old clothes as he was so big.
The youngster baffled doctors, who even came to gawk at him when Fiona was still in the hospital.
Buddy was delivered via c-section and Fiona, who works as a manager at an e-cigarette company, was unable to lift her son up for the first six weeks.
Now, nine months on, Buddy remains above average, currently weighing the same as a 20-month-old baby, the biggest Fiona’s midwife of 30 years experience has ever seen.
The tot, who was the same weight as a gallon of paint at birth, is now 24 pounds
Fiona, who lives near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, said: “Normally, newborns drink 10-30mls of milk, but he was having 75ml, so we had to take him to be weighed to make sure he was on track.
“My midwife had been doing her job for 30 years and said he’s the biggest newborn she’s ever seen.
“Doctors kept coming in to look at him because they’d never seen such a big newborn.
“When you have a c-section, you’re told not to lift anything heavier than your baby, but I couldn’t even lift him he was so big.”
Fiona in hospital with Buddie after he was delivered via C-section
Now, nine months on, Buddy remains above average, currently weighing the same as a 20-month-old baby
The tot, who was the same weight as a gallon of paint at birth, is now 24 pounds.
Fiona said: “A c-section wasn’t the plan, but my heart rate was very low and Buddy’s stopped on the monitor when it came time to push.
“I was put under general anaesthetic for an emergency c-section, so I wasn’t conscious when the nurses pulled him out, but afterwards they said there was an audible gasp.
Fiona was left with clothes for a newborn baby that Buddy was never able to wear, which she was able to give to another pregnant friend.
She said: “When we got him home it was straight to three to six-month clothes for him.”
Source: dailynet.co.uk
