Colorado 13 pounds baby was welcomed by mother Alisha Hernandez this week. The baby weighed 13 pounds and 13 ounces.
The mother's doctor told her that she was expecting a seven-pound baby and had already scheduled a C-section procedure on December 4th. However, Hernandez unexpectedly went into labor on Monday night and delivered, via C-section, a Colorado 13 pounds in San Luis Valley, Colorado.
She named her baby, which turned out to be girl, Mia Yasmin Garcia. Mia Yasmin joins her older sisters, Britney Gonzales, Ximena Hernandez, and Yulissa and Yuliana Hernandez. Her father is Francisco Garcia.
Mia Yasmin is 22 inches long and was flown to the Aurora Children's Hospital so that she could be treated for some respiratory difficulties and low glucose levels. Fortunately, according to Alisha Hernandez's cousin, Mia Yasmin is now in stable condition.
Officials of the hospital, as they have recounted to The Denver Channel, was pretty much surprised when the Colorado 13 pounds baby was born, primarily because she was the biggest newborn to have ever been born and treated in their facility. However, across the country, scale-tipping babies are becoming less of an anomaly as birth weights are slowly increasing.
One study, which was conducted last year, stated that there has been a 15 to 25% increase in babies who are born with fetal macrosomia. This condition involves babies who weigh eight pounds, 13 ounces, or more. According to the study, fetal macrosomia has been quite common over the past two to three decades in developed countries.
In 2012, a 12-pound preemie baby was born under Dr. Shieva Ghofrany's care. Ghofrany is an OBGYN who works for Stamford Hospital. Ghofrany told The Huffington Post that in recent years, "babies have definitely been coming out bigger." Moreover, the doctor also mentioned that the increase in fetal macrosomia is a cause for concern.
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