Re: Macrosomia
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Thu Jan 20 09:54:55 2005
Good thing we didn't have so many lawyers back in '67.
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Anna Meenan, MD
At Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Braun, R. Daniel wrote:
>
>That is about 16.5 #. The largest baby that I have seen delivered
>weighed 17# 1 oz or about 7.75 Kg. That baby was delivered vaginally
>with low forceps and had a shoulder dystocia in about 1967. The baby had
>an Erb's when it went home 2 weeks later. I have no further knowledge of
>its long term outcome.
>Dan
>
>R. Daniel Braun, MD
>
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>
>Andy Rooney
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of art
>fougner, md
>Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 9:40 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: OB: Macrosomia
>
>This case clearly raises the bar ...
>
>Woman gives birth to giant baby
>Straits Times ^ | 1/20/05 | AP
>
>Posted on 01/19/2005 6:32:51 PM PST by mylife
>
>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
>
>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
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