Jennifer and Eric Medlock were overjoyed when they learned they would be having a second child, in fact, they felt like it was a miracle. Jennifer struggled to conceive her first child, Annabelle because she has polycystic ovary syndrome.
But when their second baby Ali came along in 2018, another surprise awaited the couple. Ali weighed a whopping 14lbs and 13oz, and was the largest baby ever to be born at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Texas.
Doctors didn’t think Jennifer could have a second baby without fertility treatment, but she and her husband prayed and prayed for a new member of their family. Later on, doctors were surprised as they discovered Jennifer was expecting a new baby naturally, without the treatment.
Everything pointed to Ali’s birth being normal for Jennifer and there was nothing to indicate what would come. Jennifer assumed her new baby would be heavy, as her daughter was over 9lbs at birth, but nothing could prepare her, or the hospital’s staff, for what was coming.
Suddenly, as Jennifer was giving birth, medical professionals had to perform a C-Section. She remembers nurses and doctors being shocked and shouting “Oh my!” from behind the operating curtain. After Ali was delivered, he ended up weighing an incredible 14 lbs and 13 oz, meaning he weighed twice the size of a typical 6-8 lb newborn. Medical staff was shocked as reported here at CBS News.
Once Ali was born, he was healthy but for low blood sugar and low platelet levels. Because of this, he stayed in the NICU for a week. After that time though, Ali has remained a healthy baby.
Jennifer and her husband don’t care that their baby is large, they’re just thrilled to have him. As a newborn, Ali was already wearing a size three diaper and clothes meant for six-month-old babies. Perhaps his size means that he’s meant for something big! Most of the Medlocks’ friends think will have a great football career as a linebacker.
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