Holy cow that's a big baby!

[Diesel]

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Whoa, baby! Woman delivers 19-pound boy

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.

That is insane!


And, what the hell Roker??

[Lord_Stewie]

wow. This is amazing.

Life after all.

[beefytwinkie]

Originally Posted by Diesel

And, what the hell Roker??

Haha the first thing I thought of before I read that article was "That's XL Baby doing his warcry just before gorging on the meat of Regular Baby."

[ManUtd]

Good thing he was born thru CS otherwise it would be disaster!

[JasonR]

[DetroitSportsFan]

She must have had a serious case of gestational diabetes. It might have killed her and/or the baby.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by JasonR

[Moefiz]

I would have love to see how this lady looked while she was carrying that kid around.

[KingBing]

Holy Sh!t!!! thats a big boy

[red_5ive]

Originally Posted by JasonR

"I want my babyback, babyback, babyback ribs."

[PH3AR]

wow thats big!

[definitivejx]

wow i wonder how big this baby is going to be when it gets older..

[MOONPHASE]

Originally Posted by definitivejx

wow i wonder how big this baby is going to be when it gets older..

[Sylin]

Originally Posted by definitivejx

wow i wonder how big this baby is going to be when it gets older..

Depending on the severity of the GD, it may or may not cause lasting size issues with the baby.

My niece's mother had GD when she was pregnant, and my niece came out a bit heavier/longer than expected. But as is often the case with GD babies, she is now a normal-sized kid @ 3 yrs old.

That said, this kid looks like he's gonna be a biggun', as we say in the south.