He's number four, slated to be the last for two very proud parents: A woman's uterus can hold about 16 pounds and a JaMichael Brown has proved it, with an extra ounce to boot. The 16-lb, 1 oz, newborn baby boy seems intent on setting records--maybe the biggest baby ever born in Texas.
The 16-lb boy's mom is a 39-year-old geriatric nurse -- and is used to delivering big babies, with JaMichael Brown her fourth child. Her personal record for biggest baby was just about 8 pounds. This time around, the Texas woman was expecting a baby who would weigh in between 12 to 13 pounds.
With the average United States newborn weighing in at between 7 to 7 and one-half pounds, the Texas baby more than doubles the average weight.
He's number four and is slated the last for the proud parents: Coming out of the womb weighing more than 16 pounds, or 16 lbs and 1 oz to be exact.
The mom's a geriatric nurse who suffered gestational diabetes during pregnancy with JaMichael, is used to delivering big babies -- but her biggest record for previous babies delivered into the world was just around 8 pounds. This time around, the Texas woman was expecting a baby who would weigh in between 12 to 13 pounds.
The Johnsons were expecting a big baby --- just not one this big. The new mom says she told baby shower attendees: “we were expecting a big baby" and "to not get any newborn stuff.” But even a 13-lb estimate turned out to be very wrong. Delivered via C-Section, JaMichael arrived in early morning hours on July 8 -- weighing in at16 pounds, 1 ounce, and born with a full head of hair. He's also got some height -- measuring a full 2 feet long at over 24", with a 15"-inch head measurement and a busting chest of 17" inches.
The newborn Texas baby's got numbers to match a 3 to 6-month-old infant.
JaMichael has rightfully earned the nickname “The Moose” at the Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas, at the hospital where he was born in July. The Texas facility's newborn unit didn't even have diapers big enough to fit the boy. Record books are being scoured after the 16-lb boy was born. More than 130 years ago, Guinness World Records cites the biggest baby on record as weighing in at 23.12 pounds in 1879 -- that giant born in Canada. But so far no one's found a baby in the Lone Star State ever born bigger than JaMichael Johnson on record.
Docs think Janet Johnson's gestational diabetes during pregnancy may have boosted the newborn's size. The Browns ”were expecting a big baby --- just not one this big. The new mom says she told baby shower attendees: “we were expecting a big baby" and "to not get any newborn stuff.” But even a 13-lb estimate turned out to be very wrong. Delivered via C-Section, JaMichael arrived in early morning hours on July 8 -- weighing in at16 pounds, 1 ounce, and born with a full head of hair. He's also got some height -- measuring a full 2 feet long at over 24", with a 15"-inch head measurement and a busting chest of 17" inches.
The newborn Texas baby's got numbers to match a 3 to 6-month-old infant.
JaMichael Brown has rightfully earned the nickname “The Moose” at the Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas, at the hospital where he was born in July. The Texas facility's newborn unit didn't even have diapers big enough to fit the boy. Record books are being scoured after the 16-lb boy was born. More than 130 years ago, Guinness World Records cites the biggest baby on record as weighing in at 23.12 pounds in 1879 -- that giant was born in Canada but unfortunately died just 11 hours after delivery.
Docs think Janet Johnson's gestational diabetes during pregnancy may have boosted the newborn's size. So far no one's found a baby in the Lone Star State ever born bigger than JaMichael Brown on record.