Doctors: Large Brazilian Baby Doing Great
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By TALES AZZONI, Associated Press Writer
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A baby born this week in northeastern Brazil weighing nearly 17 pounds is "doing great," hospital officials said Friday.
Doctors at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital in Salvador, 900 miles northeast of Sao Paulo, said Ademilton was being closely monitored by medical staff.
"He's doing great," pediatrician Luiz Serra said. "Of course there are some special concerns because of his weight."
Francisca dos Santos Ramos, 38, gave birth Tuesday to 16-pound, 11-ounce Ademilton, the biggest baby ever delivered at the hospital.
"I was expecting a baby of only about nine pounds, not this big. What a surprise," Santos told The Associated Press by phone.
Doctors said Santos was diabetic and it is common for women with the ailment to deliver large babies.
Serra said Santos began breastfeeding her son Friday after some of the child's initial breathing problems improved.
Mother and child were expected to leave the hospital next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Santos, about 5-feet-4 and of average size, has had four other children who ranged in weight from seven to 11 pounds at birth.
URL: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._ca/brazil_baby
By TALES AZZONI, Associated Press Writer
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A baby born this week in northeastern Brazil weighing nearly 17 pounds is "doing great," hospital officials said Friday.
Doctors at the Albert Sabin Maternity Hospital in Salvador, 900 miles northeast of Sao Paulo, said Ademilton was being closely monitored by medical staff.
"He's doing great," pediatrician Luiz Serra said. "Of course there are some special concerns because of his weight."
Francisca dos Santos Ramos, 38, gave birth Tuesday to 16-pound, 11-ounce Ademilton, the biggest baby ever delivered at the hospital.
"I was expecting a baby of only about nine pounds, not this big. What a surprise," Santos told The Associated Press by phone.
Doctors said Santos was diabetic and it is common for women with the ailment to deliver large babies.
Serra said Santos began breastfeeding her son Friday after some of the child's initial breathing problems improved.
Mother and child were expected to leave the hospital next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Santos, about 5-feet-4 and of average size, has had four other children who ranged in weight from seven to 11 pounds at birth.
