Meet Britain’s Biggest Babies The Weight Of A Bowling Ball
A mum who gave birth to one of the biggest babies of the last twenty years has shared how she thought she might be having twins due to the size of her b.ump
Stunned midwifes revealed the super-size tot was the largest they’d ever had on their scales and had to double check his weight. Mum Jade Bayer, 33, said her son was so big he couldn’t fit into newborn baby clothes and went straight into items for three-to-six-month-olds.
The mother-of-four naturally gave birth to Ronny-Jay at 5.49am on April 5, almost opting for a – C.s.e.c.t.i.o.n during the lengthy 16 hour labour. The average baby born weighs around 7.5lbs, which puts Ronny among some of the biggest newborns in the UK.
Jade said: ‘We had an inkling at the very beginning Ronny was going to be big. I was big straight away, there was no hiding my pregnancy from the beginning. A lot of people were joking it was twins again because I carried bigger with Ronny than with the twins. When he was born we had to ask to double check the weight because it was 5,000 grams and we didn’t know how much that was.
‘By the time they’d converted it even the midwives were shocked and checked it again on the chart they had. One of them said he is the biggest baby that has been on the scales. The midwives were laughing saying his umbilical cord was like a tow rope. He went completely off the growth charts where they put the estimated weight and length – I think he was about the size of a four month old baby.’
And she’s already had to give up breastfeeding him, due to being unable to keep up with the demands of her thirsty jumbo tot, who was aged 12 weeks. The family had to switch him to hungry baby formula, after the midwives noticed he was feeding far more than could be provided by breastfeeding. Jade, who lives with partner Scott Fewtrell, 29, a labourer, said Ronny would probably be their final child.
Aside from his need for feeds, Ronny is a happy and healthy baby, whose mum said is ‘so chilled out. He’s absolutely fine now and gets on great with his siblings, they dote on him.
Why is my baby big: A baby may be large at birth due to genetic factors, the mother’s health or, in rare cases, a me-dical condition that causes the fetus to grow too quickly.
Several factors can contribute to large birth weight: if the baby is a boy (baby boys tend to be larger than baby girls). A previous pregnancy in which the baby was large. Being overdue by more than 2 weeks. If the mother has d.i.a.b.e.t.e.s during pregnancy. If the mother gains a lot of weight during pregnancy or is obese. If the mother is aged 30 or older. In some cases, larger-than-normal birth weight doesn’t have a clear cause and can’t be explained.
