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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2007 21:12:09 GMT -5
Baby!
BARNAUL, Russia (Reuters) - A Siberian woman who gave birth to her 12th child -- doing more than her fair share to stem Russia's population decline -- was stunned to find that little Nadia weighed in at a massive 7.75 kg (17.1 lb).
Nadia was delivered by caesarean section in the local maternity hospital in the Altai region on September 17, joining eight sisters and three brothers, a local reporter said.
"We were all simply in shock," said Nadia's mother, Tatyana Barabanova, 43. "What did the father say? He couldn't say a thing -- he just stood there blinking."
"I ate everything, we don't have the money for special foods so I just ate potatoes, noodles and tomatoes," she told the reporter, adding that all her previous babies had weighed more than 5 kg.
The Guinness World Records lists a 10.2 kg baby boy born in Italy in 1955, and a 10.8 kg baby boy who was born in the United States in 1879 but died 11 hours later.
The average weight for most healthy newborn babies is around 3.2 kg (7.06 lb), according to World Health Organisation figures.
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Post by Admin on Sept 28, 2007 21:14:11 GMT -5
Now this just makes me be thankful it was not me!!!!!!!! I could not imagine carrying a baby that size and taking care of 11 children..Hubby would never get near me again..
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Post by browneyegirl on Sept 28, 2007 21:19:26 GMT -5
yeah i just read this tonight too..my god..i cant believe this..11 kids..17 pound baby..wow, i hope all her others were small..and i thought i had it bad having a 10 pound baby..oh natural..
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