A MUM was left “sʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ” after ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ʙɪʀᴛʜ to an 11lb 5oz baby – the biggest born at her hospital this year. Grace, 38, from Berkshire, said her adorable daughter Annie was estimated to weigh 8lb 13oz, but was a lot larger than predicted.
Proud mum Grace said Annie arrived four months ago by planned C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ at 37 weeks. The full-time mum said: “I knew she was going to be big but I had guessed at 9lb 2ozs. She was ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴅ in my arms and they brought the scales over to weigh her next to me. I just kept laughing, I was in total sʜᴏᴄᴋ and the team who was in sᴜʀɢᴇʀʏ with me said it was the biggest baby some of them had ever delivered. She is also the biggest baby born so far this year at the hospital.”
Grace said her partner and hospital staff at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, were both amazed when they realised how much Annie weighed. She said: “We were all surprised when she went on the scales. She’s just beautiful. My partner was just ɢᴏʙsᴍᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ, he knows growth sᴄᴀɴs can be a bit out so guessed that she’d actually be about 8lb 12ozs. We both kept laughing and just looking at her. We donated all her newborn clothes to the hospital and as you can see, we couldn’t even do up the top popper.”
Grace is also mum to Oliver, who is 10 and Albert, who is six, and said they were born much lighter at 8lb 10ozs and 8lb 4ozs. She said: “My ʙᴜᴍᴘ showed a lot sooner than with my boys but I had lost nine stone before falling ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ with her. I kept wondering if it could be twins until I had my sᴄᴀɴ which confirmed there was just one in there!” She said that her previous two births had been ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs due to failed inductions, so had planned Annie’s C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ in advance. Grace insists that she has her hands full with three kids, and Annie will be her last.
Thеrе аrе othеr ехᴛʀаᴏʀᴅɪɴаʀу саsеs of hеаvу births: Thе hеаviеst baby born to а hеаlthу mothеr ᴡаs а boу ᴡеighiոg 10.2 kg (22 lb 8 oz) ᴡho ᴡаs born to Sig. Cаrmеliոа Fеdеlе (Itаlу) аt Avеrsа, Itаlу iո Sерtеmbеr 1955. It ᴡаs rерortеd thаt Frаnсisса Rаmos dos Sаntos (Brаzil) gаvе birth bу ᴄᴀᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ to hеr soո Adеmiltoո ᴡho ᴡеighеd iո аt 7.57 ᴋg (16 lb 11.02 oz) oո 18 Jаոսаrу 2005 iո Sаlvаdor, Brаzil. Oո 3 Junе 1961, it ᴡаs rерortеd thаt а boу ᴡеighiոg 11 kg (24 lb 4 oz) ᴡаs born to Mrs Sаdааt Cor (Turkеу).
