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Mum gives birth to one heaviest babies in UK that weighs the same as a bowling ball
Published 11:38 1 Nov 2021 GMT
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Only days old and already a national celeb
The world loves big babies and this baby - which also weighs the same as a bowling ball - is so big that it took two midwives to pull him out. On Thursday October 28, 31-year-old Cherral Mitchell gave birth to her 14lb 15oz baby called Alpha. He has ranked at the third heaviest newborn in the UK, with the top spot weighing in at a staggering 15lb 8oz. [caption id="attachment_297076" align="alignnone" width="1062"]
Cherral's uncle calls her newborn 'Baby Hippo'/Via SWNS[/caption]
Cherral, who resides in Thame, Oxfordshire, has nicknamed her baby boy 'Butter Bean', which is perhaps a little cuter than the nickname her uncle has chosen for him - 'Baby Hippo'.
Alpha was certainly a surprise for Cherral and her 35-year-old husband Tyson, as she had the coil which should statistically prevent pregnancy.
"We didn't think he was going to be that big," said the new mother.
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Mother Cherral and father Tyson/Via SWNS[/caption]
"Everyone kept laughing when his head came out. My husband Tyson was like "oh my God he's chunky."
The mother of four continued: "The nurses said it had to be the biggest baby and were on their phones Googling. He's a bit of a pumpkin baby with it being so close to Halloween."
Doctors believe that Alpha's size could be because he was snacking on Cherral's sugary fluids while in the womb which - if you ask us - was just the baby getting ready for Halloween.
His mum explained: "They think that because I was diagnosed quite late with gestational diabetes, Alpha was in amniotic fluid that was sweeter.
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It took two midwives to pull him out/Via SWNS[/caption]
"So he was drinking a lot and peeing a lot and getting a high intake of sugar."
Though Alpha was estimated to weigh 11lb 1oz at his 37-week scan, the true overachiever gained three pounds the week before he was born through C-section at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Cherral continued: "My stomach was big but not that massive so I don't know where he was hiding.
"I keep saying I gave birth to a baby butter bean. My uncle Jason calls him a baby hippo."
