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16.7-pound
'giant' baby born to Brazilian mom
Chicago Sun-Times, Jan 21, 2005
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A woman in northeastern Brazil has given birth to what
one doctor called a "giant" baby, a boy weighing 16.7 pounds.
Francisca Ramos dos Santos, 38, gave birth to the healthy boy named
Ademilton on Tuesday at a hospital in Salvador, 900 miles northeast of Sao
Paulo. He was the largest baby born at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital
in its 12-year history, the hospital said.
"Obviously the baby was born by Caesarean section," hospital director Rita
Leal said. "Both mother and baby are doing just fine."
Ademilton "could truly be considered a giant baby, for he was born weighing
what a 6-month-old baby normally weighs," pediatrician Luiz Sena Azul told
the Correio da Bahia newspaper.
Santos has four other children -- ages 9, 12, 14 and 15 -- who were born
weighing between 7.7 pounds and 11 pounds.
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"She knew Ademilton would be a
big baby, but not this big," Leal said. "She, her husband and the hospital
staff were caught by surprise."
The average weight for newborns
in Brazil is 7.7 pounds for boys and 6.6 pounds for girls.
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