Premature baby came in extra-large at 14 pounds

Premature baby born in Manteca came in extra-large at 14 pounds

Thursday, May 4, 2006


(05-04) 16:58 PDT Manteca, Calif. (AP) --


A baby girl, who had grown so much inside her mother that she had to be delivered one month early, was born much heavier than average at 14 pounds.


Olivia, born on March 22 to Brandy Womack and Zack Patrick, is finally home after nearly a month spent in a hospital where doctors monitored her underdeveloped lungs and heart.


"Her newborn diapers didn't fit her," Womack told KXTV. "We had to take everything back and get it upgraded."


Medical staff decided Womack should deliver her daughter before full term when a sonogram in the seventh month showed she already weighed about 11 pounds, nine ounces. Doctors estimated that if Womack had carried Olivia for the full nine months, the baby could have reached about 16 pounds.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2006/05/04/state/n160832D94.DTL

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http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_124193528.html


:wow:

And odd that there was no gestational diabetes.