British mom gives birth to 14lb baby boy - the 'natural' way

[Flaxbee]

Holy crap.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/womenfamily.html?in_article_id=474551&in_page_id=1799

As a seasoned mother of two, Amanda Ellerton wasn't going to make a big deal about delivery number three. But in the end she didn't really have a choice.

After a six-hour struggle and with the help of four midwives, her son Shaune made his entry into the world weighing an astonishing 14lb 7oz, almost twice the birth weight of the average baby.

[supernova]

1. Owwwwwwwwwwwwww!

She lost three (3) litres of blood!

[SeattleGirl]

2. :crossing legs and groaning in agony:

That is freaky scary! :scared:

[Kutjara]

3. The child will be reminded of this...

...every single time he misbehaves for the rest of his (or, rather, his mother's) life.

[darkstar]

4. May I say, as a man, how much I respect this, uh, feat.

If it were up to the likes of me, the planet would be on the fast track to ZPG and sex would be a thing of the past.

[Seashell Eyes]

5. Fucking owwww!

I'm crossing my legs in sympathy.

[darkstar]

6. Julia, right?

Nice to meet you and a belated welcome to DU and the Lounge.

:hi:

[Seashell Eyes]

15. Yes, I'm Julia

Thanks! I've lurked here for quite a while.

[alphafemale]

7. When I was a kid a cousin delivered a 13 lb+ baby.

That's the kind of thing that legends come from.

Good lord the SIZE of that kid!

It was like a 6 month old baby with newborn features.

YIKES!

[darkstar]

8. The Lounge's beloved Dan "Hoss" Blocker was supposedly

nearly thirteen pounds....


Look at the size of his noggin!!!!

[TOhioLiberal]

9. Ouch!

...just ouch. Hurts just thinking about it. :wow:

[JVS]

10. Go Duggars! USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA

OOPS I thought you said 14th baby

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. The father's mother was 13 lbs at birth...

It might pay to research such things before getting pregnant.

[Deja Q]

12. How'd she conceive it? How'd she FEED it? With steroids?

:hide:

[Adsos Letter]

13. !!! Flaxbee !!!

...still gotta' love that name...makes me smile every time I say it... :D

:hi:

[KamaAina]

14. 14 lbs. and she didn't name the baby "Stone"?

Pshaw!

[SarahB]

16. I'll see her in ten years for the surgery to fix all the bladder supporting ligaments.

Yikes! If she can sneeze after this without peeing, I'll be impressed.