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'I was cussing up a storm': Florida woman gives birth to 14 pound baby

The mother also didn’t know she was pregnant until eight months into the pregnancy.

Big Baby Florida AP Photo / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital AP Photo / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital

MAXXZANDRA FORD SAID she realised during delivery that she was giving birth to an unusually large baby, but had no idea her son was 14.1 pounds.

It was a double surprise for the Florida mom who didn’t even realise she was pregnant until her third trimester.

Ford said her “feet never swelled, never was really that tired, my back didn’t hurt so obviously I didn’t think anything of it,” Ford told TV station WFLA.

But Ford said she was rapidly gaining weight last fall. That’s when doctors confirmed she was more than eight months along. Ford, who also has a 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter, initially thought she was having twins.

Big Baby Florida_Acos (2) AP Photo / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital AP Photo / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital

After 18 hours of labour, Ford naturally delivered Avery at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa on 29 January. Hospital officials say Avery is the heaviest born at the hospital, and one of the largest-ever born in the state.

“I was cussing up a storm,” during delivery, Ford told WFTS.

I was like, ‘Oh my goodness,’ and they were like ‘Stop pushing. Stop pushing’.

“When I felt his head come out I knew he was bigger than 10 pounds,” said Ford, whose other children weighed nine and 10 pounds at birth.

His father said he’s a linebacker in the making.

“When I finally did get to hold him, I loved it,” Ford said. “I just melted.”

Big Baby Florida AP Photo / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital AP Photo / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital / St. Joseph's Womens Hospital

Avery, who has a full head of hair, remains in neonatal intensive care but is expected to go home soon.

“They can have some difficulties getting out of the birth canal and there can be some residual effects from that,” said Dr. Jenelle Ferry, a neonatologist who is taking care of him.

“They can initially have some problems with breathing, regulating their blood sugars and then problems with eating.”

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:31 PM

    Jebus! Did he *walk* out???

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    Feb 11th 2015, 11:14 PM

    I heard he drove the Oul Lassie home

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    Feb 12th 2015, 12:11 AM

    What age was he when he was born!!!

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    Feb 12th 2015, 9:36 AM

    #Wizards sleeve…

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:46 PM

    Oh sweet Jesus that kid would get served in the offo already!! Give that woman a blue peter badge

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:47 PM

    Her gee must be wrecked.

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:56 PM

    Just spilled my coffee laughing

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    Feb 11th 2015, 5:06 PM

    Cried with laughter … Still am

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    Feb 11th 2015, 5:36 PM

    Me too!

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    Feb 11th 2015, 6:37 PM

    Like a hippo’s yawn I’d say…….

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    Feb 12th 2015, 12:36 AM

    Like throwing O’Connell street down a Sausage

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:56 PM

    Big baby, small turkey

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:35 PM

    Good to see the elf from “Bad Santa” found another woman.

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:54 PM

    What a cute baby! Fair play to her for giving birth naturally but I do wonder how the hospital couldn’t see at a scan that he was so big and surely it’s not healthy for either baby or mother to not have a Caesarean section?

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    Feb 11th 2015, 5:37 PM

    You say cute, I’m thinking Kuato.

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    Feb 11th 2015, 6:51 PM

    They told me my baby was going to be a 10lber and he was 8. They can’t be 100% sure. They can even get the sex wrong. He’s such a cutie though

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    Feb 11th 2015, 7:17 PM

    Scans are never accurate…2 weeks before having my first they told me she was 10lbs…she was born 7lbs. My friend was induced early as they said baby was very small and concerned…he was over 8lbs

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    Feb 12th 2015, 12:29 AM

    Clare my baby was measuring underweight at his last scan @ 35 weeks and he ended up being 10.3lb!! Sometimes it’s just impossible to tell!!

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    Feb 14th 2015, 9:28 PM

    Where ever possible a natural delivery I so much better for both baby and mommy. Medically and emotionally, all research supports this.

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:36 PM

    How do you not know your pregnant you usually feel movement from 20weeks.

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    Feb 12th 2015, 9:36 AM

    She thought it was gas…

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:42 PM

    @Orky. The baby is in intensive care possibly suffering from damage caused leaving the birth canal! But if you’re happy to push out a 14lb baby, you’re braver than me!

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:33 PM

    “Hey mama where me sambos”

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:38 PM

    Didn’t know babies were going for so cheap these days. 14 pounds is a bargain

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:36 PM

    He’s so cute. :) It just goes to show that women can usually give birth to big babies naturally (not always but probably most of the time) and doctors shouldn’t be too quick to say that a baby is too big and the woman needs a caesarean. :)

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    Feb 11th 2015, 5:51 PM

    Yeezus. He looks big enough to beat 50 shades of Shatter out of Kanye. Which I’d like to see.

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    Feb 11th 2015, 4:37 PM

    She must have had a zipper put in!

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    Feb 11th 2015, 6:03 PM

    Yous have it handy all the same ladies !

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    Feb 11th 2015, 11:48 PM

    Heard she named him supermaxxzandra

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    Feb 12th 2015, 12:32 AM

    Hes the head off George foreman in the 1st pic!

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    Feb 12th 2015, 5:03 AM

    Was he shaving

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