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The last thing you want to hear someone say while they're delivering your baby, staring down at your exposed uterus is, "Oh my God!" But that's exactly what a nurse said when Richard Sault, Jr. arrived in the world.The reason for her exclamation? Richard Junior's size -- 14 pounds, 2 ounces. Little Richard was so big, it took two doctors to lift him out of his mother's womb during delivery.
Let's all take a minute to recover from that thought, shall we?
The baby is likely the biggest ever to be born in Orange County, and his parents say he's already outgrown his car seat, as well as most of his newborn clothes waiting for him at home. Doctors blame Richard's size on gestational diabetes, which mom Sara developed during pregnancy. But baby and mom are now doing well.
Ultrasounds can often tell us the size of our babies, but they're far from perfect. Were you ever surprised at birth by a baby that was bigger or smaller than you expected?
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12-31-2008 @ 11:45AM
Mya said...I, too, had gestational diabetes. They estimated my daughter to be just under 7 pounds right before she was born. I had pre-eclampsia and delivered and 8 pound baby 3 weeks early.
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12-31-2008 @ 2:19PM
Secret Mommy said...When I was having my emergency c-section I heard my doctor say, "Oh my God!" and then to her assistant she said, "Use two hands!" :)
I did not have gestational diabetes, but had a 10 lb. 4 oz. baby boy right on my due date. I was induced because my blood pressure was high and they thought the baby was getting up into the 9 lb. range. But then when he wouldn't come after a day of labor, I had a csect. I think it's awfully funny that my husband was running our video camera and so we have our doctor's words as a permanent memory of that crazy experience.
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1-06-2009 @ 3:12PM
amy said...I had gestational diabetes with my first son, he weighed 9lbs 14oz (10 days early--by C-section). With my second son I developed gestational diabetes again and controlled it better the second time and thought "Oh yeah, this baby will be around 8 1/2-9lbs but not as big as the first!" But he ended up being 10lb 6oz (3 weeks early- by C-section). Funny liltle guys, both boys kept "backing away from the doctor's hands" and they had to use suction to get them out.
1-28-2009 @ 12:42PM
becca said...I did not have gestational diabetes, ate healthy & exercised throughout my pregnancy, and delivered my first son at 11 lbs, 11 oz (no c-section). I remember the doctor and nurses saying that he had to be 9 lbs... and then the moment of shock when he was placed on the scales. He's now a teen: 6' 4" and 215 lbs.
My youngest son was closely monitored throughout my pregnancy, and the decision made to induce labor 2 weeks early. He weighed just over 9 lbs.
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