NO WEIGH I gave birth to a newborn the size of a MICROWAVE – he was mistaken for a 2-year-old, the midwives were in hysterics
WHEN Ruth Marr got pregnant with her first child in 2018, nothing could have prepared her for the size of her baby boy.
The expectant mum, now 32, was left stunned after having a five kilo baby the same size as a mini microwave. Her son was so large, she vowed she’d never give birth again.
Ruth lives in Swindon with her partner John and their two children Jacob, three, and one-year-old Freddie.
Recalling her pregnancy, Ruth says: “Everyone who saw me pregnant would ask if I was having twins and I started getting worried. How big was this baby? Would I be able to give birth naturally?
“But the doctors brushed it off. They said my unborn son would be about eight pounds, not too big at all. But they were so wrong.”
In April 2019, Ruth was overdue and uncomfortable, cradling a baby bump bigger than any of her pregnant friends.
“I was practically falling over my bump and I felt like I was going to birth a yoga ball,” she reveals.
Ruth went into labour naturally but it was no easy ride. After 12 long hours, the doctor pulled out his forceps to unstick her unborn baby.
When the midwife saw Jacob, her jaw dropped to the floor.
“She told me he was the biggest baby she’d ever delivered and he really did look mᴀssive – at 10lb 14oz, he weighed the same as a mini microwave.”
