Matthew Anthony Maldanado, 14-Pound Baby, Born In California

Move over, Glen Davis: the Boston Celtics player's nickname, "Big Baby," might well be stolen by a California newborn.

Matthew Anthony Maldanado weighed 14 pounds, 3.8 ounces when he was born in Salinas, Calif., on May 9, according to NBC Los Angeles.

The infant's poor mother, Emily, was in labor for two days before doctors at Natividad Medical Center performed a cesarean delivery.

"They took him out and the doctor started saying 'damn', so they put him on the scale," Emily said, according to NBC.

Meanwhile, father Jose was given a heads-up that the baby would be big, the Examiner reported.

Baby Maldanado was nearly twice the size of the average American newborn, which weighs 7.5 pounds at birth, according to Parents.com.

Still, Baby Maldanado is a half-pint compared to the biggest baby ever. The Guinness Book of World Records says that in 1878, a Canadian mother named Anna Bates birthed a son who weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces.

Comments

[JoJo1912]

03:04 PM on 07/08/2011

It's amazing how many people see themselves as experts on the subject.

[Suzybelle]

01:14 PM on 07/05/2011

I cannot believe they let her labor for 2 days. That is torture. I labored for 3 hours, screaming and my doctor put me unter and used instruments to pull the baby out. I still had a slight feeling of being pulled inside out. But to labor like that for 2 days is beyond my comprehension.

[Quinxy von Besiex]

02:37 PM on 06/28/2011

spam. flag it!

[Quinxy von Besiex]

02:37 PM on 06/28/2011

spam. flag it!

[donut999]

11:19 AM on 06/27/2011

Our Thanksgiving turkey is usually about 14 lbs. 2 gallons of milk weigh a little over 14 lbs.

[SeonaidDivine]

07:19 PM on 06/16/2011

It's like I told Sarah.... http://tinyurl.com/3v295qz

[CO777CAPT]

05:14 PM on 06/16/2011

ok, where was aaahhhhhney?

[Beebopaloula]

07:50 AM on 06/10/2011

I bet the husband is thanking his lucky stars that the doctor didn't make her deliver it vaginally. "It'll never be the same" is what was running through his mind.

[kiki G]

09:50 AM on 06/07/2011

WOW 14 pounds... i see soe are saying 'only 14ibs? i was looking for 20 maybe 30'
That has got to be a man!! lol
I cannot imagine it as my girls were lil babies the eldest 5lbs
and my youngest who was born last year she was 3lbs 12oz. Sooooo
congratulations to the parents and good luck finding ittty bitty baby clothes for him ^~^
O and i agree the Doc should be slapped for leaving her in labour for 2days with such a
giant baby!

[BannedInBoston]

06:55 PM on 06/03/2011

Only 14 lbs.? I was looking for 20, maybe 30....

[Donald Rumsfeld XIV]

11:45 PM on 06/02/2011

Dang, Imagine you have 2 14 pound twins. Is that even possible?

[TYRANNASAURUS]

07:22 PM on 06/02/2011

And how fat is the mother..............400 pounds?

[dreamsugar]

12:10 PM on 06/02/2011

OUCH!

[vlvocoupe]

02:25 AM on 06/02/2011

I was nefer blessed enough to have a child however, I have a niece who is an ity bitty thing, maybe 110 soaking wet. Her 1st baby was (If I remember right) was approx. 8 lbs. Her second was 10 lbs

[Marty Albertsen]

03:16 PM on 06/01/2011

14 pounds? Gawd, my son was 11 pounds. I felt like I was giving birth to a baby buffalo. I can't even imagine adding three more pounds.

[rmarie]

01:57 AM on 06/02/2011

Oh goodness, you have my sympathies. My kids were 7 lb 1 oz and 8 lb 7 oz, and I screamed like a crazy fool each time...can't imagine birthing an 11 pound baby.

[RS]

11:46 AM on 07/27/2011

Yes indeed -- this baby was EVEN BIGGER than former NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar was 12 lbs. 11 oz. at birth.