Woman Gives Birth to A whopping 2 Feet Tall Baby Setting a New World Record

The average baby weighs 7.5 pounds when it is born. But some get a lot bigger. In fact, there is a term for babies who are born weighing more than 8 pounds 13 ounces. It’s called fetal macrosomia, and about 8% of babies have it. Most babies with fetal macrosomia are born healthy and with no problems. But babies who are bigger than average can face some risks. Just recently, a giant baby with this condition, measuring 2 feet tall and 16 pounds, was born to a Brazilian woman.

13 A woman in Brazil gave birth to a baby of 16 pounds (7 kg) and two feet tall

The baby, named Angerson Santos, was born on January 18, 2023, through a C-section, at the Padre Colombo Hospital in Parintins, Amazonas State in Brazil. He is thought to be the biggest baby ever born in the state of Amazonas. He is 2 feet tall and weighs a whopping 16 pounds (7 kg).

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12 Doctors believe that Angerson is the biggest baby to ever be born

Doctors think that the supersize baby is the biggest baby ever born in the Amazonas state, which is larger than the countries of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile combined. The previous record for the biggest baby in the world was set at 13 lb and 1.8 ft. This record was clearly broken with Angerson’s birth.

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11 The doctors found out about Angerson’s size when his Mom visited the hospital for her routine checkup

His mother, 27-year-old Cleidiane Santos dos Santos, visited the hospital for a routine obstetric consultation. But the doctors quickly realized that the unborn baby would be too big for her to carry to full term and have a natural delivery, so they kept her in for a C-section.

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10 Angerson was delivered through a C-section

The following day, the doctors performed the C-section, and Angerson was born weighing 7.328 kg and measuring 2 feet or 59 cm tall. The not-so-little baby was placed in an incubator, but the hospital staff said he was in good health and had no problems.

Cleidiane said, “I did not expect this surprise. I thought it would be four kilos, but it turned out to be seven kilos. I want to thank the team at Hospital Padre Colombo, who have been giving me strength and treating me very well since I arrived here; if it weren’t for them, I don’t know what would have become of me. So, I thank each one.”

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9 The hospital started a fundraiser to help out Angerson’s family

Doctors said that his unusually large size might be due to his mother’s diabetes condition. Angerson is so big that none of the baby clothes his parents bought fit him. To help the family out, the hospital’s health unit has started a fundraiser. Donations of extra-large diapers and clothes for babies nine months to a year old are being accepted at the facility.

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