Oh baby! Mum gives birth to a 13lb whopper
Emilia is 2nd biggest girl ever in Britain
HER pregnancy bump was so large that doctors thought she was carrying a secret twin.
Now first-time mother Amber Cumberland has given birth to one of Britain’s biggest baby girls.
Emilia, who weighed in at 12lb 14oz, is believed to be the second heaviest girl ever born in the UK.
Miss Cumberland, 21, said: ‘ Doctors thought it was twins during pregnancy because she was so big, even though we could only see one on the ultrasounds. We heard it so much we actually started to believe there was another one hiding in there.’
She was finally induced at almost two weeks overdue and spent 24 hours in laughing. They brought her to me labour at Oxford’s John Radcliffe and said, “Congratulations you’ve hospital until her daughter had a toddler”. entered the world by emergency ‘We were just so glad it was only C-section on April 16. one baby and she was healthy.’
Miss Cumberland, whose partner Emilia had reached the average is Scott Joy, 22, said: ‘ When size of a 36-week baby by her 32she came out Scott’s face was week scan and was estimated at white and the surgeons were looking 8lb 12oz at 36 weeks. at each other in shock and Miss Cumberland, from Aston,
Oxfordshire, said: ‘During the Csection it took two people to lift her out. The whole outfit we brought didn’t fit her, but luckily we had some spare 0-3 month clothes packed and the hospital staff had to hunt down bigger nappies for us.
‘Nurses even stayed over time to see the weight of the baby and take photos with her because she was so big.’ Unfortunately Emilia’s size created painful complications. Miss Cumberland said: ‘I got lots of stretch marks and my skin was so weak that they would bleed if I stood up too quickly.
‘My stomach muscles completely split. I also had awful sciatica and compressed nerves in my hips and legs and I couldn’t even roll over in bed without Scott to help me. I can’t pick Emilia up or breastfeed her because she’s so heavy, but I’m slowly getting better. I’m still as uncomfortable as when I was pregnant but I do feel a lot lighter.
‘We’re both so overjoyed with our gorgeous little girl.’
The heaviest baby girl was born in 2012 at 14lb 4oz.