A 28-year-old woman who arrived at the state-run Cama and Albless Hospital for Women and Child hospital in advanced labour, with the head of the baby jutting out of her, has delivered a boy weighing 4.5kg. The baby, who hasn’t been named yet,is 55 cm tall.
A team of three doctors used special manoeuvres during a three-hour procedure to deliver the baby. The mother, Anjali Sugur was brought to the hospital on Tuesday morning after she went into the labour and delivered at 10 am. This is her fourth child, and the delivery was normal.
India’s heaviest baby was a baby girl born in Surat last year. She weighed 5.7kg. The normal weight of an Indian newborn is between 2.5 and 3.5kg.
Dr Rajshri Katke, medical superintendent, Cama and Albess hospital said, “Though this is Anjali’s fourth delivery, this was her first delivery in hospital. The first three babies were delivered at home. She had registered herself soon after her pregnancy was detected and was regular in her check-ups.”
Last year, the hospital delivered a 4.3kg baby.
According to the doctors, she would have landed the baby and herself in trouble if she had not come to hospital for delivery. “It was good decision taken by the family as it requires skillful doctor to deliver such a huge baby. She would have risked her and the baby’s life otherwise,” said Dr Katke.
Doctors were surprised that such a huge baby was delivered by a non-diabetic mother. “Normally, overweight babies are delivered by diabetic mothers. In Anjali’s case, we knew that the baby is huge but since she was non-diabetic we got worried. We are happy that her delivery was normal,” said Dr Katke.
The baby is presently in under observation in the neonatal intensive care unit.
“Such overweight babies are prone to develop hyperglycaemic conditions in which the amount of blood glucose (sugar) in the blood is lower than normal. His sugar levels were low yesterday,” said Dr Katke.
The mother has been asked to breast-feed the baby frequently. “Such babies have to be fed more frequently than a normal newborn as the they need glucose more,” Dr Katke added.
Meanwhile, Anjali and her family can’t wait to take the new family member home. “I am very happy that my baby is so healthy. I am happy that I decided not to deliver the baby at home and came to hospital,” said Anjali.
Dr Sudeshna Ray, consultant of gynaecologist and obstetrician, Jaslok hospital and member of the committee of medical disorder in pregnancy said,“It is a challenge for both the mother and the obstetrician to deliver an overweight baby normally.”
“Overweight babies are born to the mother has diabetes mellitus during pregnancy, the mother has excessive weight gain during pregnancy or where the woman has delivered more than two babies before,” Dr Ray added.
Reference Link
http://www.west-bengal.com/health/mumbai-woman-gives-birth-to-baby-weighing-4-5kg/131488.html
Regards
Dr Rajshree Katke.
M D (Obst & Gyanec), FIGOG
Medical Supertendent & Unit Head,
CAMA & ALBLESS Hospital, MUMBAI - 01
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