A woman gave birth to a 6.7kg baby in Oxford

Thursday, October 28, the Mitchell family hosted a happy event. The mother, Cherral, a 31-year-old housewife, gave birth to her fourth child named Alpha, a big fat baby of 6.7 kg.

The surprise was big for the nursing staff at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford last week. And for good reason, no one in the labor room expected to see such a big baby born on this sweet afternoon.

A beautiful baby of 6.7 kg

Alpha is the fourth child of the Mitchell siblings, a couple living near Oxford. Born on October 28, 2021, he was born after spending 38 weeks in his mother's womb and weighs an impressive 6.7kg (that's the weight of the ball of clothes I pack in the washing machine). wash once a week, but also that of my sins after making fun of this pretty baby).

@boygrinded this is like when i was in high school and i found my mom's book about how to deal with troubled teens lol

— ali 🧃 Wed Sep 16 14:36:24 +0000 2020

The infant is now the third biggest baby in Britain's history. On average, a newborn weighs between 2.5 kg and 4 kg, but sometimes babies defy all statistics. In the country, the record is held by Guy Carr, born in 1992 with a weight of 7.13 kilos. A week before his birth, doctors had estimated during an ultrasound that Alpha's weight would be 5kg. The little glutton would therefore have gained more than two kilos in just 7 days!

Finally, it took the help of two midwives to help Cherral Mitchell give birth, as well as a cesarean section. The mother explains that she was greatly relieved that it was offered to her and confides: “I do not think that I would have managed a vaginal delivery. “Alpha is actually a double surprise since her mother became pregnant when she had had a contraceptive IUD inserted some time before.

A significant weight linked to gestational diabetes

Cherral and her husband learned at the very last moment that their child would be particularly fat. Doctors diagnosed her with gestational diabetes after just 35 weeks. This pathology is due to glucose intolerance, which results in an increase in blood sugar levels in pregnant women. In other words, the baby feeds on particularly sweet fluids during the months he spends in his mother's amniotic sac. According to the medical team that surrounded the couple, this diabetes would be the reason that explains why Alpha has become such a “big” baby.

Despite all these adventures, Cherral takes the situation with a lot of humor and decreed that with "Halloween so close, Alpha is a little pumpkin baby. Today, the "little" Alpha is doing well and is resting in the maternity ward of the hospital. The entire editorial staff of the LPJ wishes a lot of happiness to this family and to this newborn, already affectionately nicknamed the “baby hippo” by his uncle.