It’s a well known fact that women find it ᴅɪꜰꜰɪᴄᴜʟᴛ to give birth to large babies ᴠɪᴀ ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀʏ.
As a result, the obstetrician will usually recommend giving birth to a big baby through a ᴄᴀᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.
However, an amazing story has emerged from Germany where a mother gave birth to a whopper of a baby – weighing 13.47 pounds – ᴠɪᴀ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀʏ! To give you some perspective, the average weight for a newborn baby is around 7.8 pounds. Maria’ belly was large and she even sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇᴅ to walk because of the weight of it.
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Talk about making a big entrance.When baby girl Jasleen came into the world last week at University Hospital in Leipzig, Germany, she weighed in as the country’s largest-ever at 13.47 pounds and 22.6 inches long, according to the New York Daily News.The baby’s mother , Maria – who reportedly had ɢᴇsᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴅɪᴀʙᴇᴛᴇs, which can often lead to a larger-than-average newborn size — gave birth ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ.
Baby girl Jasleen arrived July 26 at University Hospital in Leipzig. Though babies of her size are often ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴠɪᴀ ᴄᴀᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, Jasleen’s mother gave birth ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟʟʏ.
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The mother had a previously undiagnosed case of ɢᴇsᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴅɪᴀʙᴇᴛᴇs, doctors discovered. The condition usually develops around the 24th week of ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ and can lead to larger-than-average newborn size.
Both daughter and mother are doing well after the birth, though Jasleen remains in the neonatal care unit, doctors said, according to the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
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Her mother Maria, 31, who turned up at the hospital on the day of the birth, said: “I was somewhat sʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ at her size. My 11-year-old daughter was a third of her weight, my two-year-old son a little under that. My stomach was a lot bigger this time around but I had no idea there was such a giant inside.”
Jasleen is Germany’s heaviest, ʙᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ a 13lb boy called Jihad born in November 2011, but is 10lb lighter than the world record.
Dailypostimes.com
