Steff Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas...y.ap/index.html Woman gives birth to giant baby Thursday, January 20, 2005 Posted: 1222 GMT (2022 HKT) SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A woman in northeastern Brazil has given birth to what one doctor called a "giant baby," a boy weighing 16.7 pounds (7.57 kg). Francisca Ramos dos Santos, 38, gave birth to the healthy boy named Ademilton on Tuesday at a hospital in Salvador, 900 miles (1,450 km) 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 six-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 (3.5 kg) and 11 pounds (5 kg). "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 (3.5 kg) for boys and 6.6 pounds (3 kg) for girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Did they need the jaws of life to open her hips up enough to get that baby out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 20, 2005 -> 02:29 PM) Did they need the jaws of life to open her hips up enough to get that baby out? "Obviously the baby was born by Caesarean section," hospital director Rita Leal said. "Both mother and baby are doing just fine." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Nike Announces Youngest Signing of Football Star Beaverton, OR (19 January, 2005) - In a joint announcement today, the parents of Ademilton Ramos dos Santos and Philip H. Knight Chairman of the Board of Directors for Nike Inc. announced the boy's signing a $8,200,000 contract to promote Nike's 2022 model football shoe. "We expect Ademilton to be a huge force in the industry" Knight deadpanned to reporters yesterday outside the exhausted mother's room. It is reported that Knight outraced representatives from Reebok, Adidas, and New Balance to the parents hospital room. "Yo no tengo la menor idea lo que este hombre loco dice. Acabo del nacimiento de dar a un canto rodado. Americano loco. " the weary mother said. As Knight sat beaming to reporters, a young boy translated the mothers message "I have no idea what this crazy man is saying. I just gave birth to a boulder. Crazy American." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Ouch, ouch, ouch. Even if it was a C-Section. Ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 they should have named him doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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