Mom Gave Birth To Supersize Babies She Beat Them All Her Siblings
After a nine-hour home birth using nothing but gas and air, Ayshah Maton, 35, gave birth to baby Eloise. The baby had weighed in at a whopping 12lb 1/2oz – the size of a typical three month old.
Ayshah knew she’d been expecting a big baby, but had no idea she would be giving birth to one nearly 5lb heavier than the average UK newborn.
According to Ayshah, she had been expecting Eloise to be big because her previous children are all born large. But baby Eloise beat them all
“I was shocked when they told me the weight, because she didn’t actually look that big.”, Ayshah, a nanny and doula said.
“But when they placed her in my arms, I got it – she was definitely heavy to lift!”
Fortunately, Ayshah’s labour, on March 12, 2021, was without ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, despite Eloise’s size. Eloise was purely breastfed for six months
Ayshah says. “Lots of people would comment on how big she was and about her chunky thighs, but I didn’t care what anyone thought. We loved her all the more for it. She was very healthy and strong. We started weaning her at six months and she loved her food.”
Ayshah managed to deliver Eloise without needing stitches, but she is far from alone in having a heavy baby.
Research shows the average birth weight in England and Wales has increased by 1.4oz in the past 35 years. There has also been an increase of up to 25% in babies born over 8lb 13oz in the past 30 years.
Cherral Mitchell, 34, from Thame, Oxfordshire, delivered her 14lb 15oz son Alpha by C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ in November last year at 38 weeks. And even though he tipped the scales at nearly 15lb, he doesn’t hold the UK record. A baby, whose identity was never revealed, was born weighing 15lb 10oz at Liverpool Women’s Hospital in 2014. Before that, Guy Carr from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, had held the record after he was born at 15lb 8oz in 1992.
“Excessive calorie intake in pregnancy can stimulate increased growth of foetal tissues, change hormonal balances and perhaps alter structures in the brain that regulate appetite.” One of the biggest risk factors for a mother carrying a large baby is gestational diabetes – high ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ sugar that develops during pregnancy and usually disappears after giving birth.
Larger babies may have birth ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴs and there is a higher risk of sᴛɪʟʟʙɪʀᴛʜ. If you’ve got a bigger baby, it may not fit through the birth canal. The labour may progress slowly and sometimes the baby is too big to fit into the pelvis. “This means some women may end up needing an emergency C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ during labour.”
Sources: thesun.ie, babiesadorable.com
