On Monday a woman in Indonesia broke her country's record for fattest baby, popping out a whopper of a kid who weighed a little over 19 lbs. Sounds like double congratulations are in order ... and some painkillers.The woman, who had previously had three children with a traditional midwife in attendance, was escorted to the hospital when complications arose in her pregnancy, which was nine months along.
The doctors performed a Caesarian section and pulled out the 19.2-lb. baby boy. Doctors are saying the baby is healthy, although his crying is unusually loud, and his apparent love for food has traveled with him out of the womb. Binsar Sitanggang, one of the attending gynecologists, described it as "almost non-stop feeding."
The baby is probably the size it is because his mother is diabetic, a condition which could have raised her glucose levels and thereby the baby's, giving him more sugar than he needed and making him grow like a superhero fetus.
Although the largest surviving baby in the world weighed 3 lbs. more than this fellow, topping the scales at 22.44 pounds, let's not kid ourselves: This baby is huuuuuge. How huge? Here are some other things that weigh approximately the same as Indonesia's Jumbo Baby.
One of those ungodly gigantic sacks of potatoes that are so big you wonder who buys them.
A car tire. That's right. An actual car tire.
If you had four 5-lb. bags of sugar, and your neighbor borrowed about 2 cups, the remainder would equal Gigantor Child.
Lemondrop editor Laura Gilbert's tubby cat (at right).
And this fish.
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Wednesday 23 September
By Rose
I do not understand with ultrasounds why they made this woman carry this baby to this point, surely they could have done a C section at 7 or 8 months - I can't even imagine how uncomfortable she has been during these last two months carry such a large baby.
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Thursday 24 September
By me
This was in Indonesia. They don't see doctors. A midwife had trouble helping her deliver so it was then she went to the hospital.
Thursday 24 September
By pinkthenred
In the photo the smaller baby looks scared.
Thursday 24 September
By Granny
I gather that you did not read the article and understand what you read and that you also have no knowledge about that area of the world. Ultra sounds are basically unheard of unless you are wealthy. The woman apparently did not have prenatal care as her previous children were born with a midwife and apparently at home. It does say that she only went to hospital after problems developed. I guess that if I were you, would do more research and learn about the rest of the world before I gave what I thought was a sound opinion. Ever do much in the way of travel, other then out of your hometown? I have lived in 5 countries other then the US and two of those were third world countries and that is how I learned a lot, other then by reading and the TV.
Thursday 24 September
By Tanya
We have to consider that it is in Indonesia so maybe they don't have access to Ultrasound. Who knows? I can almost guarantee that she is poor though because these are the ones who cannot get proper prenatal care even in these good old United States. Just my opinion.
Thursday 24 September
By Anne
Maybe because the baby will be so much healthier and have a better chance at full term.
Thursday 24 September
By Sue
Seriously, you think just because the baby is big that it is ready to live outside the womb? Regardless of size it still would have been premature and suffer all of the same problems that the tiny premature infant does. The lungs wouldn't be developed yet! It is a matter of developmental stage, not what the baby weighs!
Thursday 24 September
By Shari
First - read the dateline - she is in Indonesia. Probably not the most up-to-date prenatal care there. ALSO, it said she gave birth to her first three with midwives, so most likely never approached an MD or a hospital. I am NOT saying that one is better than the other - just in this case it was most likely a matter of access. Also, if she was diabetic, and not controlled, or even diagnosed, this is what happens.
Thursday 24 September
By Brandi Faulkner
2 of my babies were 11 pounds and I thought that was huge..Dang that must have been very difficult for her!!!!!
Thursday 24 September
By Leah
Rose,
There are other factors besides the size of the baby. Lung maturity isn't based on the weight of the child. Neither are the other organs. Inducing labor on a woman 7-8 months pregnant could be quite bad for the child. Also its not uncommon for a woman to only have one ultrasound during her pregnancy. And this is usually done around 20 weeks. At 20 weeks a child doesn't have any or little fat and a size can't be judged from then. Also I am not familiar with Indonesia, I'm not even sure if ultrasounds are a requirement.
Thursday 24 September
By amber
rose u cant just deliver a baby at 7 months the lungs will not be devoloped as that is the last thing to devolp in the womb.
Thursday 24 September
By duh
how many of you idiots are going to tell the idiots that the idiot is from indonesia? oh look at me im always right! jerks
Thursday 24 September
By Ana
The problem with gestational diabetes is that if left uncontrolled the baby will grow and grow in size but that does not mean they are developed enough to live outside the womb. Big in size does not mean ready to live in the outside world.
Thursday 24 September
By wthr1
Did you not see where this child was born? Just because we live in a world where medical tests are the norm during pregnancy does not mean the rest of the world does. They probably had no idea the child as that large.
Then again, the article doesn't say the doctors were surprised by the birth, so maybe they DID know. YOu know reporters - try to make you all excited about nothing.
Friday 25 September
By Melodee
Even though he is a large baby he still needed 9 months for his lungs, etc., to develop. He was a c-sec, so maybe her scar is a little wider than normal but she didn't suffer any more than any woman giving birth.
Friday 25 September
By Daisy Olivia Hein
It is not common in many parts of the Indonesian islands to have ultrasound facility... many women can't or don't even see doctors even when pregnant.
Friday 25 September
By Patricia
Even if he'd been the right size @ 7 months gestation his lungs wouldn't have been matured enough for him to have been delivered.
Friday 25 September
By OMG
Just because the baby is so big does not mean that his central nervous system, lungs, and other vital organs were developed enough to deliver at 7 or 8 months. Have you ever had any children? Seems as though you would know that any pre-term delivery is a risky delivery.
Friday 25 September
By openmike
If you read the account, it indicates the mother employed a midwife as with her other two normal births. No one made her carry the child to term, it was her choise
Friday 25 September
By Nik
Just because the baby was large doesnt mean it developed faster. It just means its large.