{"id":56,"date":"2024-12-25T14:55:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/captainnews.info\/?p=56"},"modified":"2024-12-25T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T14:55:48","slug":"i-always-wanted-a-fat-baby-mum-gives-birth-to-eye-watering-newborn-weighing-13-5lbs-double-the-size-of-an-average-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/captainnews.info\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I ALWAYS WANTED A FAT BABY\u2019  Mum gives birth to eye-watering newborn weighing 13.5lbs \u2013 DOUBLE the size of an average baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tipping the scales at a whopping 6kgs, or 13.11 pounds, Brian Liddle Jnr weighs twice as much as an average baby.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2280 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A2-31.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A2-31.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A2-31-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A2-31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A2-31-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was born at Mercy Hospital, in Melbourne, Australia on January 24, but even\u00a0before his birth\u00a0doctors knew he would be a bigger than average bundle of joy.<\/p>\n<p>By the time mum-of-four Natashia Corrigan went for 36-week scan, her son was already a kilogram\u00a0heavier than what her daughter weighed at birth. But just how big her baby would be after just an extra few weeks of growing shocked Natashia, who has been through childbirth three times before.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2279 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A1-31.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A1-31.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A1-31-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A1-31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A1-31-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, this is the first time Natashia has ever<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/living\/2629347\/mums-to-be-who-take-2p-a-day-pregnancy-vitamins-boost-their-kids-iq-by-the-same-as-one-school-year\/\">\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0experienced a natural birth \u00a0\u2013 a thought that would make most mothers cringe given the size of baby Brian.<\/p>\n<p>And all Natashia needed to get through the birth was gas.<\/p>\n<p>Baby Brian is the heaviest baby ever born at Mercy Hospital and measures an astonishing 22 inches long.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2281 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A3-31.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A3-31.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A3-31-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A3-31-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A3-31-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Natashia said : \u201cI dreamed of a little fat baby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted a little fat baby and now I\u2019ve got a big baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said hospital staff and her partner, Brian Liddle, helped get her through the record-breaking birth.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cThey kept me strong and calm when it seemed like chaos was happening around me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2282 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A4-30.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A4-30.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A4-30-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A4-30-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A4-30-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first pregnancy I\u2019ve got to experience with a natural labour,\u00a0the longest I\u2019ve ever been pregnant\u00a0and I\u2019ve got the fat little man that I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Partner Brian said the birth was \u201ca bit scary\u201d but that it all worked out for the best.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2283 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A5-25.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A5-25.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A5-25-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A5-25-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A5-25-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest baby ever born weighed 23 pounds and 12 ounces \u2013 just\u00a0under 11kgs.<\/p>\n<p>The baby, born in Canada in 1879 to mother Anna Bates who had giantism, measured an huge 28 inches.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2278 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A7-12.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A7-12.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A7-12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A7-12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A7-12-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the baby died 11 hours after birth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2285 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A8-9.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babyaztoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/A8-9.jpg 1024w, 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