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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

16-Pound Baby Boy Born in Texas Hospital

16-Pound Baby Boy Born in Texas Hospital

Everything really is bigger in Texas.portland trailblazers jerseys On Friday,timberland boots sale Janet Johnson gave birth to a baby boy,,Celebrity lace wigs, who entered the world weighing 16 pounds,phoenix suns jerseys more than double the average weight of a newborn.

Baby JaMichael was the heaviest baby to be born at Good Shepherd Hospital in Longview, and reportedly the largest newborn in the Lone Star State.

Johnson and her fiance, Michael Brown, knew that a big baby was coming soon. Two weeks before her Caesarean delivery, Dr. John Kirk, Johnson's obstetrician, said he expected the baby to weigh 12 or 13 pounds. But JaMichael even surprised the doctor.

"He was much larger than expected," said Kirk, explaining how JaMichael was the biggest baby he had ever delivered. "Both his mother and father are large people, and she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, which contributed to the baby's size."

"They're calling him 'Moose' up here," JaMichael's father told ABC News' East Texas affiliate,,wholesale Gucci Shoes, KLTV.

"I'm just excited that he's here," said Johnson.

Johnson delivered her baby a week early. Kirk said delivery wasn't induced before that because the staff needed to wait for JaMichael's lungs to fully mature.

"While infants of diabetic mothers are large in size, their organ function is not more developed," said Dr. Manuel Porto, a professor and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at University of California at Irvine. "In fact, their lung development may be delayed. Early delivery can lead to respiratory problems for the newborn."

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