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TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts)
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 08:42 AM Jan 2017

Louisiana woman gives up having children after birthing 14-pound baby

METAIRIE, La., Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A Louisiana woman says she is done having babies after her fourth child came out weighing a staggering 14 pounds, 1 ounce.

LaQueena Hunter Grover said her largest baby was 11.9 pounds before Dec. 6, when she gave birth to Loyalty Adonis Grover at Tulane Lakeside Hospital in Metairie.

"Right when the doctor was taking him out, my husband was like -- his mouth just literally dropped -- he was like, 'That's a big baby,'" Grover told WDSU-TV.

Grover said she previously thought she might have been pregnant with multiples.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/01/12/Louisiana-woman-gives-up-having-children-after-birthing-14-pound-baby/8711484236394/

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Louisiana woman gives up having children after birthing 14-pound baby (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP
I'm glad for her that she decided to stop. Ilsa Jan 2017 #1
Often, large babies are the murielm99 Jan 2017 #3
Yeah, and moms who get G.D. frequently become Ilsa Jan 2017 #4
The baby's name is "Loyalty Adonis" nt longship Jan 2017 #2

Ilsa

(64,569 posts)
1. I'm glad for her that she decided to stop.
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 08:51 AM
Jan 2017

Big babies aren't always necessarily healthy babies. I'm glad she's taking her reproductive health into her control. I hope she's able to get her tubes tied.

Ilsa

(64,569 posts)
4. Yeah, and moms who get G.D. frequently become
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 07:27 PM
Jan 2017

Diabetic later in life, at least according to some reports I've read. Pregnancy is risky business.

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