Mother gives birth to A BIG bouncing baby girl who weighs the same as a bowling ball – she was the biggest the midwife had ever seen
Mental health nurse Helen Sellers gave birth to her daughter Celia, who weighed 11lbs 5oz, five weeks ago – and was told by her midwife that the baby was one of the biggest she had delivered in 16 years.
She revealed how nurses had ‘taken ages’ to get the baby out during her Caesarean, 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 bump, 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!
Helen, 34, added that she doesn’t know why Celia was so big as her brother Roman, now three, weighed less than 9lbs when he was born, and Helen and her husband Carl were also both less than 9lbs as newborns.
Helen revealed that midwives had hilarious reactions to Celia’s size.
‘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.’
And none of the newborn clothes Helen had picked up for her daughter fit her.
In fact, Celia had to go straight to clothes 0-3 when she was born, as none of the newborn clothes Helen had picked up for her fit her.
