Re: OB: Macrosomia Dystocia pevented
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Thu Jan 20 12:22:30 2005
You're so funny, Hank. BTW, there's a picture of the little(?) tyke
here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144938,00.html
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Anna Meenan, MD
At Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Henry Gregor wrote:
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>Geez, Anna, com' on...how do we know that was a shoulder dystocia prevented and not just another unnecessary c- section? I mean, it's just an anecdotal observation, not a randomized trial result...whaddabout a little evidence based medicine, huh? BTW, lol folks...uh, really lmao.
>
>:-)
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>Hank
>
>"Anna Meenan, MD" <annam@uic.edu> wrote:
>Ah, that's nuthin'. The heaviest baby ever born was born in my own
>state of Illinois in 1938. He weighed 29 lb. 4 oz. (13.3 Kg) but died
>at 2 hours of age. There are several reports of babies weighing 22.5
>lb. who survived, the most recent in Italy in 1995.
>
>Given that the lady in Brazil was a multip and didn't expect the baby to
>be that big, I guess it's a good thing it was born in Brazil, where the
>c-sec rate is >50%. That would have been one mother of a shoulder
>dystocia if it came out from below.
>
>Anna Meenan, MD (proud mother of a former 10-pounder)
>
>At Wed, 19 Jan 2005, art fougner, md wrote:
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>>This case clearly raises the bar ...
>>
>>Woman gives birth to giant baby
>>Straits Times ^ | 1/20/05 | AP
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>>Posted on 01/19/2005 6:32:51 PM PST by mylife
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>>Jan 20, 2005 Woman gives birth to giant baby
>>
>>SAO PAULO - A woman in north-eastern Brazil has given birth to what one
>>doctor called a 'giant baby', a boy weighing 7.57kg.
>>
>>Mrs Francisca Ramos dos Santos, 38, gave birth to the healthy boy named
>>Ademilton on Tuesday at a hospital in Salvador, north-east of Sao Paulo.
>>
>>He was the largest baby born at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital in
>>its 12-year history, the hospital said.
>>
>>'Obviously the baby was born by Caesarean section,' hospital director
>>Rita Leal said.
>>
>>'Both mother and baby are doing just fine.'
>>
>>'Ademilton could truly be considered a giant baby, for he was born
>>weighing what a six-month-old-baby normally weighs,' pediatrician Luiz
>>Sena Azul told the Correio da Bahia newspaper.
>>
>>Mrs Santos has four other children - ages nine, 12, 14, and 15 - who
>>were born weighing between 3.5kg and 5kg.
>>
>>'She knew Ademilton would be a big baby, but not this big,' Ms Leal
>>said. 'She, her husband and the hospital staff were caught by
>>surprise.'
>>
>>The average weight for newborns in Brazil is 3.5kg for boys and 3kg for
>>girls.
>>
>>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1324314/posts
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>>art
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>>--
>>art fougner, md
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>> "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."
>>Lawrence Peter Berra
>>
