'The shock when the baby came out': Cambridge OB-GYN describes delivering record-breaking infant
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A family in Cambridge is welcoming their fifth child to the world, and the biggest baby born at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in more than a decade.
A family in Cambridge is welcoming their fifth child to the world, and the biggest baby born at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in more than a decade.
Sonny Ayres, was delivered on Monday by caesarean section. The newborn weighed 14 pounds, eight ounces. The hospital database only goes back to 2010, but Sonny is the biggest baby born at the hospital since that time.
“We were very surprised at how big Sonny was. He was born 14.5 pounds and I didn’t think that I would ever be saying that out loud,” Britteney Ayres, Sonny's mom said.
Sonny was born on Monday in great health. News of his size quickly spread around the hospital.
“The shock when the baby came out. It was just chubby and chunky and went on the weighing scale, and it was quite a large baby,” Dr. Asa Ahimbisibwe, Ayres’ obstetrician-gynecologist said.
Dr. Ahimbisibwe said the Ayres are known to produce big children, and an ultrasound last week showed Sonny would be around 6,000 grams.