A Southern California woman says doctors predicted she would give birth to a big baby boy, but nobody was prepared for just how big.
Jayden Sigler weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces, when the healthy boy was delivered Thursday by cesarean section, the North County Times reported Saturday.
His mother, Cynthia Sigler of Vista, said that her immediate reaction was: 'How'd he fit?'
Doctors initially esti
mated that Jayden would weigh about 9 pounds, but that number jumped to 11 by early March, Sigler told the newspaper.
Giant: Jayden Sigler weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces, when he was delivered by caesarian at Tri-City Medical Center, San Diego
Dr Jerald White, who delivered the baby at Tri-City Medical Center, said Jayden was the biggest of the 20,000 newborns he has helped usher into the world since he started in 1961.
He added that delivering a very large baby via cesarean section is more challenging, but 'it wasn't so difficult that it created a problem for anybody'.
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