A woman in Arizona has delivered a huge baby after suffering 19 miscarriages. Cary and her partner, Tim Patonai, have experienced 19 failed pregnancies since the birth of their first children but had never given up hope that they would add to their family.
On October 4th, their dream came true and Finnley was born. What they were not expecting was just how big the child was. At 14 pounds, Finnley is double the size of an average newborn baby, and for reasons of safety, he was delivered via Caesarean section. In length, he measured 23.75 inches long and was described by the doctor as the largest baby they had ever delivered in all their years of practicing medicine.
Cary told reporters:
"Finnley was a little celebrity at the hospital. Everyone wanted a selfie with him. The OB/GYN who performed the C-section said that in 27 years he had never seen a newborn that size. There was so much excitement in the delivery."
"They got him on the scale like, '14.1, I've never seen it that big'. The doctor and one of the sweetest nurses there, they were all taking selfies with us. They asked permission of course, but they were just so pumped."
The sheer weight of the baby also took its toll on Cary, she said:
"It got to the point where I could hardly move. It would take me 30 minutes to recover from taking a shower. When [their first child] was born, he was in my doctor's top five of the biggest and I was like, 'Just you wait, I'm gonna get to the top of the list, totally joking two years ago. And then we accidentally did it."
Cary also says that Finnley's hunger is huge and that he consumes far more food than an average newborn.
Only 9% of babies weigh over 8 lbs, and this is usually caused due to overweight mothers, and mothers with diabetes. However, a large baby can also occur simply through natural chance.
The current world record for the largest baby is held by an Italian newborn in 1955, which weighed over 22 lbs, while in 2019, a woman in New York delivered a 15.5-pound baby.
[Based on reporting by: Positive Outlooks]
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