A mum has given birth to what is believed to be the second biggest baby born in the UK.
Cherral Mitchell, 31, couldn’t believe her eyes when 14lb 15oz Alpha was weighed by doctors after his C-section birth at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on Thursday morning.
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It took two staff members to pull him out, with another pushing on Mrs Mitchell’s stomach. When he was weighed, he tipped the scales at more than a stone.
Mrs Mitchell described Alpha as a ‘bit of a pumpkin baby’ with his birth just days before Halloween.
The mother-of-four told the Oxford Mail: “I knew he was going to be big and we were taking bets on how big he was going to be – it was quite a shock how big he actually is though.
“My husband was with me and was very shocked, I wish I could’ve taken a picture of his face when the staff said how big he was.
Baby Alpha was born on Thursday morning
She continued: “He’s a bit of a pumpkin baby with it being so close to Halloween.
“A lot of people are double-checking his weight as they don’t believe it, he’s made a bit of a name for himself at the hospital.
“I’m definitely glad he was a C-section, I don’t think I’d have handled a vaginal birth.”
Mrs Mitchell and husband Tyson, both from Thame, only found out late in the pregnancy that Alpha wasn’t going to be a normal birth after she ‘popped’ while on holiday.
“It was quite late in the pregnancy when we knew he was going to be bigger than usual,” she said.
“My stomach just seemed to pop out one night when we are on holiday in Great Yarmouth.”
Mrs Mitchell was diagnosed with gestational diabetes late during the pregnancy – after 35 weeks – with doctors saying this could be the reason why Alpha is so large.
“The doctors think the diabetes is why he’s so big, especially as he had a few months before being…
Source : times
