A mum was sᴛᴜɴɴᴇᴅ after giving birth to a baby girl that weighed a whopping 11lbs 5oz – the same as a mid-weight bowling over 11 pounds.
Helen Sellers, 34, from Leeds, was ᴡᴀʀɴᴇᴅ when she was ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ that her baby looked like she was going to be quite ʙɪɢ, but the new mum was still in for a sʜᴏᴄᴋ. They took bets in the family about how ʙɪɢ the baby would be, and Helen’s cousin guessed 11lbs which she thought was ‘cheeky’. But then, when baby Celia finally arrived, ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs and ᴍɪᴅᴡɪᴠᴇs were astounded as she weighed in at a staggering 11lbs 5oz. During the ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ Helen had a ʙɪɢ ʙᴜᴍᴘ, and a few people asked her if she was having multiple babies.
Helen said: “My ʙᴜᴍᴘ was ʜᴜɢᴇ, I always had people asking me if I was having twins. There was one lady at work who asked me a few times if I was sure it wasn’t twins! The ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs ᴛᴇsᴛᴇᴅme for ɢᴇsᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴅɪᴀʙᴇᴛᴇs but they were ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ. Thankfully Celia arrived happy and healthy, and her birth ended up making her a star around the ʜᴏsᴘɪᴛᴀʟ. The ᴍɪᴅᴡɪᴠᴇs were laughing a bit and saying she was really ʙɪɢ. She was the talk of the ward, they all wanted to come and look at her because she was so ʙɪɢ. My midwife had worked for 16 years and she said Celia was the second ʙɪɢgest baby she’d ever seen.”
When she gave birth to her first child, a boy called Roman, he weighed 9lbs, and Helen and husband Carl, 37, were both under 9lbs as newborns. She said: ” Carl is 6 foot 7 now, but he wasn’t a ʙɪɢ baby, so we’re not sure why Celia was so ʙɪɢ. While I was ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ, my consultant said that the baby was going to be ʙɪɢ, but not as ʙɪɢ as Roman.” In fact, Celia had to go straight into 0-3 clothes when she was born, as none of the newborn clothes Helen had picked up for her fit her.
She said:” I had bought a couple of baby grows that were up to one month, and I didn’t even bother getting them out the packet. I knew they wouldn’t fit her. I had bought some 0-3 month stuff, and she’s already in 3-6 month clothes now.”
Sources:babiesadorable.com
