Newborn weight has trended upward in the world. In the past few years, babies that would’ve been considered gargantuan have become more commonplace, with record-breaking deliveries recorded. We’re seeing more large babies now than ever before, and that might be because of many factors.
Helen Sellers, 34, from Leeds, gave birth to her daughter Celia, who weighed a whopping 11lbs 5oz, five weeks ago. Helen, a mental health nurse, explained that Celia was one of the biggest babies her midwife had ever delivered in her 16-year career.
She revealed how nurses had ‘taken ages’ to get the baby out during her Cᴀᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ, adding: ‘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.’
During the pregnancy, Helen had a big ʙᴜᴍᴘ, with the mother-of-two adding: ‘My bump was huge, I always had people asking me if I was having twins. 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 ᴅɪᴀʙᴇᴛᴇs but they were negative.’
‘While I was pregnant, my consultant said that the baby was going to be big.’ she said
Helen revealed that the midwives had hilarious reactions to Celia’s size.
She said: ‘I had to have a C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, and it took them ages to get her out. 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.’
She added: ‘I never expected her to be that weight. We played guess the weight with my family, and my cousin put 11lbs I thought that was so ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋʏ, but he was right!’
Celia had to go straight into 0-3 clothes when she was born because none of the newborn clothes fit her.
Helen said: ‘I had bought a couple of babies grows that were up to one month, and I didn’t even bother getting them out of the packet. 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.
