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Wowza! Woman Gives Birth to 13lb Baby … NATURALLY!
Now This is a Big Baby!
Many a woman will wax all sorts of woes about delivering a baby naturally. But they got nothing on this Iowa mom. First, it should be noted that the average baby weighs in at six to eight pounds. But Kendall Stewardson of St Charles, Iowa delivered — without the aid of drugs or resorting to a C-section — a 13 lb, 12 oz baby boy named Asher. And this wasn’t her first big baby; her first child weighed 12 lbs. at birth.
The family was surprised by his big size …The ultrasound didn’t top them off that he would be bigger than their first and after just six hours of labor, the mother figured he wouldn’t be that large. But once they put him on the scale, his girth was confirmed.
The family is pretty ecstatic. “Just to have two that had absolutely no issues, we’re definitely very blessed that way,” Dad Mr Stewardson told WHO-TV. The baby did make a new record for the hospital — Mercy Medical Hospital — as the largest birth on record there. But it didn’t make a record for the state, which stands at a whopping 14 lbs, 13 oz.
If you were committed to having a baby naturally, would you stand by your resolve or cave in to the drugs if you knew he/she was to be that big?
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7 Comments
Rosana commented on Jan 30 12 at 12:10 pmNat…Naturally???????
Heather Clark commented on Jan 30 12 at 5:33 pmI had a 10lb 5oz baby naturally at home last June and I thought that was big! kudos to this mom!!
goddess commented on Jan 31 12 at 8:19 amOuch. My aching vajayjay!
jessica commented on Jan 31 12 at 9:24 amha thats nothing my mom gave birth to my sister and she was 12lbs 11 oz when she was just 16 vaginally..no pain meds..nearly killed her tore her cervix in half. she was in full blown labor for 3 days. .she had to spend 3 weeks in the hospital..the worst part was my sister almost died..she wasnt breathing when she was born..it took 3 min to revive hee
Jen de Jong commented on Jan 31 12 at 10:10 amMakes me greatful for my daughter – 5lbs 13 oz
Eileen Herndon commented on Feb 02 12 at 7:39 amMy first baby weighed in at 10lbs. in 1965; the other two weighed 11lb 12 oz. and 11lb 12 3/4 oz. All were natural. I read that if you have large babies you tend to have diabetis in later life which I am now border line but my Mother and Grandmother have diabitis so I am not sure if from big babies or inhereited.
Sushi commented on Feb 04 12 at 1:36 pmMy ethnic background is half Scandinavian. My two babies were only
8 lbs. and 7 oz, and the second being 8lbs.14 oz….but according to my dad,
(who’s the Swedish parent), told me when he was growing up all his
aunts had 14 lb. babies and larger. I pushed for three hours to give birth to my first child, after 24 hrs. of labor. I cannot even fathom what it would be like to
deliver a 14 plus lb. baby….bazinga!!!
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