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Woman gives birth to 19.2 pound baby
Can someone say ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrgh?
An Indonesian woman gave birth to a 19.2-pound, 2-foot-long baby boy Monday, Sept. 21, according to AFP.
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Proof that there is justice in the universe: the baby was born by Caesarean section.
According to the AFP story, the baby’s super-size is likely due to the fact that his 41-year-old mother has diabetes. The baby may have received way, way too much glucose while in his mother’s womb.
The child doesn’t have a name yet, but his parents may want to consider naming him after Audrey 2 from “Little Shop of Horrors.”
Apparently he is really, really, really into being fed.
“He’s got strong appetite, every minute, it’s almost non-stop feeding,” said Binsar Sitanggang, a doctor who helped deliver the child.
Audrey 3 is the largest baby ever born in Indonesia, but he is not the heaviest child ever born.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s heaviest baby was born to Anna Bates, a Canadian woman who lived in Seville, Ohio. That baby was born in 1879 and weighed 23.12 pounds. It died 11 hours after his birth.
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By janet
September 24, 2009 10:42 AM | Link to this
that wasn’t a baby that was a midget….By Jesse
September 24, 2009 11:56 AM | Link to this
Do you have a proof reader? I have never seen so many grammatical errors by an adult before.By Jesse is dumb
September 24, 2009 12:13 PM | Link to this
People like Jesse crack me up. Professional unemployed newspaper proof reader.By Julie Messina
September 24, 2009 12:20 PM | Link to this
Sorry, the first Jesse is right, unfortunately the second Jesse is right too. She is dumb.By Mom of 2
September 24, 2009 12:20 PM | Link to this
My older daughter was just 5 lbs. 15 oz., while my younger one tipped the scales at 9 lbs. 3 oz. There was a reason why I stopped at two babies!! Hope this little guy is healthy - sounds like he needs a hobby other than eating!By Julie is an idiot
September 24, 2009 12:39 PM | Link to this
You are a moron Julie. You can’t form a complete sentence and have the nerve to call someone dumb. Grow up and get a life loser.By all the proof readers get a life please
September 24, 2009 12:56 PM | Link to this
Juile, there are dozens of these unemployed proof readers. They say the hate the journal-news etc. but read and comment on it all the time. I bet their mom really wishes they would grow up, get a job, and move out of the basement. Please feel free to proof read my comments as i know you have nothing better to do.By Nikie
September 24, 2009 1:15 PM | Link to this
Why don’t you guys just read the story and stop bitching. If it gets the point across who cares. Jesse, do you have nothing better to do in life then complain about others?By GEEKS
September 24, 2009 1:42 PM | Link to this
Hey guess what the comments are supposed to be about the big baby not you Jesse! Wow that baby was huge I could not imagine.By It's Obama's Fault
September 24, 2009 2:11 PM | Link to this
Like I said, it’s all Obama’s fault!!!By Stephanie
September 24, 2009 2:23 PM | Link to this
I think what cracks me up most is that in the morning show video clip here Al Roker is cracking fat jokes about the baby… “He thought the baby next to him was a burrito! Get in my belly!” What? Not sure what to think.By C
September 24, 2009 3:20 PM | Link to this
All you guys need to grow up. This article is supposed to be about the woman and her baby and you guys are turning it into something petty….grow up and stop acting like a bunch of two year olds. Congratulations to the new mother and her rather large bundle of joy…i hope mother and baby are healthyBy wow!
September 24, 2009 3:46 PM | Link to this
OMG….I could not imagine having to carry that baby in my womb for 9 months, that would be so painful! I didn’t know a baby could be born that big!By beentheresortof
September 24, 2009 4:08 PM | Link to this
Both of my children weighed nearly 10 lbs. C-sections, and no, I did not have diabetes…just healthy kids. But 19 lbs.?!? Wow……and I thought I was miserable the last 4 weeks.By angell
September 24, 2009 4:40 PM | Link to this
That is not a newborn, that is a mini Sumo wrestler…By Lisa
September 24, 2009 5:09 PM | Link to this
I had diabetes when I had my daughter, I was 19 years old, I was gaing 6 to 7 pounds a week so they induced me 6 weeks early! I had a natural childbirth, and she weighed 6.6 pounds, and it hurt like hell, she’s 14 now and is the only child! All young mothers should have a natural childbirth! If they did’nt induce lord only knows how BIG she would have been! What was this woman’s Dr. thinking?By StephensKimberly
September 24, 2009 5:46 PM | Link to this
Audrey 3 should be ready for school soon so he can hurry up and get a job and help support his appetite! :)By nancy
September 25, 2009 1:04 AM | Link to this
i was 11 pound and a haft baby girldBy mdizzie
September 25, 2009 2:47 AM | Link to this
HEY, to C, this is the internet, GTFO, to Lisa, its not a natural birth because you were induced with drugs. A natural birth is drug free, at preferably at home.By Rhonda
September 25, 2009 5:40 PM | Link to this
doesnt matter the size of your baby at birth,you will still love the child! and they will still live a productive life no matter how big!! all you fat people that are obese are still living arent you?By Rhonda
September 25, 2009 5:41 PM | Link to this
doesnt matter the size of your baby at birth,you will still love the child! and they will still live a productive life no matter how big!! all you fat people that are obese are still living arent you?By Johnny Castle
September 26, 2009 12:41 PM | Link to this
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”By Pat
September 28, 2009 9:49 AM | Link to this
My Mom weighed 10 lbs. at birth and the most she ever weighed was 82 lbs.