Woman Gives Birth To 15 Pound Baby

[matcom]

<snip>

MADRID, Spain --A Colombian woman has given birth to a 15-pound baby, the largest in 40 years in Madrid's main maternity hospital.

The 38-year-old mother, identified only as Rosario, had gestational diabetes -- which can cause women to give birth to larger-than-usual babies -- and a track record. Her first daughter, now nine, weighed 10.2 pounds at birth.

The new baby's father, Juan Carlos, said that with another woman he had a daughter that weighed 17 pounds at birth. "They told me it is genetic," he told reporters.

The proud parents showed off their daughter Arancha on Monday. She was born Feb. 13 at the Hospital Universitario la Paz.

The mother said she gained 48 pounds during the pregnancy and toward the end she could barely walk.

Arancha -- 22 inches long -- was born via Caesarean section in a procedure that ended up surprising even veteran nurses.

Rosario said: "I got scared when the nurses said: 'Oh my God!'. I was conscious, with an epidural, and I was afraid because I did not know if the baby had problems or in the end I was having more than one, as predicted by some people who had seen my belly."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/02/21/woman_in_spain_has_15_pound_baby?mode=PF

[xchrom]

1. it's moments like these that i thank my lucky stars

that i am a gay man.

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. ...

:spray: Think of it like passing a 4cm kidney stone. ;)

[xchrom]

4. lol -- please,

do i have to think of that?

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Only if I have to think about giving birth to the equivalent of two

babies. :)

[xchrom]

6. lol -- damn -- i didn't print the news

now i'm crossing my legs in nervous discomfort!

whad that guy say -- he had a baby with another woman -- 17lbs!?!?

somebody should get something tied.

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. I know! If at least for the sake of the women. I also think he should

be required by law to disclose the birthweights of his children prior to any future engagements. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. 48 pounds and she couldn't walk???

Come on. I gained 62 with my first and I could still walk. And be grateful that I was still young enough that all that extra weight melted off.

[Left Is Write]

10. Yeah...

I gained 70 pounds with #2 and 52 pounds with #3.

But maybe she was really tiny to begin with?

[miss_american_pie]

8. Did they let her go to term?

:scared:

[Misunderestimator]

9. Is Commie Pinko's name Juan Carlos?

Wasn't he in Madrid recently? :wow:

[YankeyMCC]

11. Imagine

Hearing anyone in the OR say "Oh my god!" while you're lying there opened up like a banquet turkey.

Yikes!