Two Doctors Needed to Deliver 14-Pound Baby
Here are three words most new moms don’t want their nurses to utter while helping to deliver their babies: “Oh my God!”
But apparently one couldn’t hold back when she got a look at Richard Sault, a 14 pound, two ounce baby boy delivered last week via C-section in Laguna Hills, Calif. As the Orange County Register reports, two doctors were needed to lift the child out of mother Sara Sault’s womb. And all I can say is … damn.
As the Register also notes, the 21-inch long kid outgrew his car seat mere seconds after birth. So much for all that research his parents did on whether to buy a Britax or a Graco Snugride.
Little Richard — man, that’s a play on words his parents could not have seen coming — may be the largest child ever born in Orange County. But he isn’t the biggest baby ever. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, that one weighed in at 22.5 pounds, which is darn close to the size of an Olsen twin.
So if you think it feels like you’re running a marathon by carrying around a six or seven pound child, think again. Compared to Sara Sault, all you’re doing is taking a leisurely stroll around the block.
P.S. In honor of Richard Sault’s arrival, Fox News has put together this photo gallery salute to large babies. Click and enjoy the many rolls of adorable infant fat.
Image: Orange County Register
Em, there is also a height requirement as well as weight.
Babies stay in infant car seats until they’re at least 20 pounds. Did this kid put on 6 pounds “mere seconds” after his birth instead of losing the standard 10%?