Woman delivers 19-pound baby!

[Raiden]

Indonesian mom delivers a 2-foot-long, toddler-size baby

He’s a bouncing baby boy who could break a knee — a mother in Jakarta, Indonesia, delivered a 19.2-pound, 2-foot-long child on Monday via Caesarean section.

The as-yet-unnamed baby’s arrival, chronicled on TODAY Thursday, was marked by a cry that sounded more like a roar and an appetite of epic proportions.

The big baby, a weight record for a newborn in Indonesia, although a bit short of the world record of 23 pounds set in 1879, was likely caused by his mother having gestational diabetes. And even though mom Ani was saved the grueling task of pushing the child out herself, the surgery to bring him into the world was still touch and go.

“This heavy baby made the surgery really tough, especially the process of taking him out of his mum’s womb,” Dr. Binsar Sitanggang told Agence France-Presse. “His legs were so big.”

Big may be an understatement. The child was born at a birth weight that nears that of a year-old toddler, and in a picture taken of the baby alongside a normal birth-weight newborn, he seems triple the size.

Doctors explained Ani’s diabetes likely caused the child to receive too much glucose in the womb, accounting for his massive size upon delivery — but so far, so good, in terms of the newborn’s health.

Still, the wide-mouthed male proved to be a handful and then some upon his first few hours in the world. “He’s got a strong appetite, it’s almost nonstop feeding,” Dr. Sitanggang told the news agency.

“This baby boy is extraordinary; the way he’s crying is not like a usual baby. It’s really loud.”

The TODAY hosts dropped a collective jaw in eyeing a picture of the newborn — and then the jokes began. Al Roker commented on Big Baby lying next to the swaddled, normal-size newborn, saying, “He looked [over] and said, ‘Oooh, a burrito! In my belly!’ ”

But Ann Curry said the outsize child may be a special gift to his mother, who has three older children. She commented that Ani has “more to love” with her newborn.

 

[Shedhut]

She has probably given birth to a god or somethin^^

 

[knowsbleed]

Ugh... I feel sorry for her husband.

 

[Raiden]

Looks like the baby "Hulk-out" in his mother's womb.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Dayum.

 

[[A]]

It's Alive!!

 

[StorminNorman]

Lane Kiffin is already on the ground recruiting him.

 

[kane9321]

Sweet christmas

 

[Venom 1988]

She was actually supposed to deliver twins, but the second baby was eaten

 

[caretaker14]

The Blob has been born....

 

[[A]]

She was actually supposed to deliver twins, but the second baby was eaten

 

[Alex The Great]

haha, damn. 19 pounds?

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

Ugh... I feel sorry for her husband.

Lucky for him she had a C-section.

 

[SuperFerret]

And I thought American kids were overweight.

 

[knowsbleed]

Lucky for him she had a C-section.

Didn't read the article... *whew*... that would have been kinda loose.

 

[Erzengel]

.....whiskey......please....

 

[katie_girl09]

That poor woman.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Poor woman. **** her and the kid and his dad.

I pity the first kid that tries to poke fun at Gigantor in Kindergarten though because he's going to have a double-sized fist mark on his face.

 

[SuperFerret]

They have Kindergarten in Indonesia?

 

[blueharvest]

Kind of reminds me of this baby:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X8WvVca_O0

Go to 4:07.

 

[Drakon]

 

[louiebling$]

DAMN..... This Kid better Grow up and play Basketball

 

[SuperFerret]

They have basketball in Indonesia?

 

[boydston_14]

I thought of this the moment I read the article, but I couldn't find the picture to post it. Good job Drakon!

 

[louiebling$]

They have basketball in Indonesia?

Coconuts in trees still count