According to reports, a 20-year-old mother in Foshan gave birth to a \”giant baby\” weighing 10 pounds and 7 taels. The mother, who is 163 centimeters tall, weighed only 108 kilograms before pregnancy, but her weight soared to more than 160 kilograms before giving birth. Although fat babies are cute, the fatter the newborn baby is, the better. Doctors say that if the doll is too big, it will first increase the chance of dystocia for pregnant women, and the risk of obesity, diabetes and other diseases will also increase when the \”giant baby\” grows up. The standard weight of newborns in my country is 3.4 kilograms, and babies weighing more than 4 kilograms are classified as \”giant babies.\” If you want to give birth to a baby with a standard size, expectant mothers must keep their mouths shut and open their legs.
Give birth to a giant baby and lie to the mother to lie to the baby
At present, the medical community generally believes that giving birth to a big baby is not good for the mother and the fetus itself. For mothers, if the fetus is too large, the chance of a normal delivery during delivery will be greatly reduced, which may easily cause the mother\’s birth canal to tear. Generally, doctors will recommend a caesarean section. An overly large fetus will delay postpartum uterine contractions and increase the possibility of postpartum hemorrhage, which can be life-threatening in severe cases.
At the same time, the proportion of heart defects in macrosomic infants is higher than that in children of normal weight. They are also more likely to be obese when they grow up, and are susceptible to diabetes, hypertension and other diseases.
At present, the causes of \”macrosomia\” are divided into two types: physiological and pathological. Physiologically, it is mostly manifested in genetic factors, such as family genes that are relatively tall, or the mother\’s diet during pregnancy. Specific pathological manifestations include symptoms such as gestational diabetes.
Weight gain during pregnancy increases chances of having a bigger baby
When reporters searched for news about giant babies, many mothers with giant babies had precedents of losing control of their mouths and gaining weight during pregnancy.
The Foshan mother who gave birth to a baby weighing 10.7 kilograms loved to eat late-night snacks during pregnancy, and her weight increased by more than 50 kilograms during pregnancy.
On June 10, 2015, Ms. Sui gave birth to a 10-pound daughter in a hospital in Yantai City, Shandong Province. Due to overeating and lack of activity during pregnancy, her weight increased by nearly 100 pounds, from 142 pounds to 100 pounds. 235 pounds.
Clinical analysis shows that overnutrition in pregnant women accounts for about 70% of macrosomia. Nutrition during pregnancy is not always better. Excess nutrition will affect the health of expectant mothers and the normal development of the fetus. To prevent the occurrence of macrosomia, we need to change the concept of \”eating as much nutrition as possible during pregnancy\”.
The doctor reminds that it is very important for expectant mothers to have a reasonable diet and balanced nutrition during pregnancy. Expectant mothers should exercise appropriately, such as walking in the community when possible.
Gestational diabetes can also cause macrosomia
On February 7, 2014, Ms. Li from Shanwei gave birth to a baby boy weighing 14.24 kilograms. According to media reports, Ms. Li suffered from gestational diabetes while pregnant with her baby boy, which may also be one of the reasons for the baby\’s large weight.
Some pregnant women were in good health before pregnancy, and their blood sugarThis is normal, but during pregnancy, because the function of the pancreatic tissue is inhibited, blood sugar will rise, leading to gestational diabetes. Blood sugar will enter the fetus through the blood and be absorbed by the fetus. The fetus\’ weight will also accelerate and it will grow into a giant baby when it is born. Because the blood sugar of a diabetic mother is high, the blood sugar that reaches the fetus through the placenta will also be high, so the fetus will reflexively produce too much insulin to consume this blood sugar. Once the fetus is born and escapes from this high blood sugar environment, the excessive insulin secreted by itself can only consume the baby\’s own limited blood sugar, so it is very easy to develop hypoglycemia, which may even be life-threatening. Therefore, these fat babies need special care, such as timely testing of blood sugar after delivery and early breastfeeding.
At present, it is advocated internationally and domestically that all pregnant women between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy should be screened for glucose tolerance to ensure that these expectant mothers with gestational diabetes are detected as soon as possible and provided with dietary management and blood sugar monitoring. Insulin treatment may also be needed.
Giant babies reported by the media in the past year:
On December 14, 2015, a 28-year-old woman of medium height in Xuyong County, Sichuan Province gave birth to a baby girl weighing 11.9 pounds.
On December 16, 2015, Song Ling (pseudonym) gave birth to a huge baby weighing 11 pounds and 2 taels by caesarean section at Wuhan No. 1 Hospital.
On February 7, 2014, Shanwei People\’s Hospital gave birth to a newborn \”giant baby\” weighing 14.24 kilograms.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world\’s heaviest newborn was a baby born in Italy in 1955. His birth weight was 20.4 pounds.