A MUM has given birth to a baby weighing the same as a BOWLING BALL.
Mental health nurse Helen Sellers gave birth to her daughter Celia, who weighed a whopping 11lbs 5oz, five weeks ago - and was told by her midwife that the baby was one of the biggest she'd delivered in 16 years.
Helen, 34, added that she's unsure why Celia was so big as her brother Roman, now three, weighed less than 9lbs when he was born, and Helen and her husband Carl were also both less than 9lbs as newborns.
"Carl is 6ft 7ins now, but he wasn't a big baby, so we're not sure why Celia was so big," Helen said.
"While I was pregnant, my consultant said that the baby was going to be big, but not as big as Roman.
"I never expected her to be that weight.
"We played guess the weight with my family, and my cousin put 11lbs and I thought that was so cheeky, but he was right!"
She also had a massive bump during her pregnancy - so big that people often asked if she was having twins.
"My bump was huge, I always had people asking me if I was having twins," she said.
"There was one lady at work who asked me a few times if I was sure it wasn't twins!
"The doctors tested me for gestational diabetes but they were negative."
And when it came to Celia's birth, the midwives all had hilarious reactions to the baby's size.
"I initially wanted to try natural delivery, but I'm glad I didn't now because I'm not sure she would have come out," Helen smiled.
"The midwives were laughing a bit and saying she was really big.
"She was the talk of the ward, they all wanted to come and look at her because she was so big.
"My midwife had worked for 16 years and she said Celia was the second biggest baby she'd ever seen."
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.
"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," she laughed.
"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."
