A mum has spoken about how unprepared she was for her baby's size before he was born. Doctors and midwives told Ruby Eden that her bundle of joy would be around 9lb but he came out weighing a whopping 11lbs 13oz.
The 24-year-old had two scans when she was 34 weeks pregnant and the midwife told her that he looked "slightly on the bigger side". As Ruby's daughter was around the 9lb mark when she was born the mum and her husband weren't too concerned.
Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, mum-of-two Ruby said: "The pregnancy was completely normal. He was estimated at a normal weight throughout the whole pregnancy. My daughter was 8lbs 13oz so we just thought he'd be roughly the same size as her, nothing to worry about."
Teddy was born on August 1, 2022 eight days after his due date. He was born condition called polyhydramnios. According to the NHS, this happens when there is too much amniotic fluid around the baby during pregnancy.
Ruby, from Warrington, explains that he "had a lot of issues with his kidneys and his bowels that created a bit of worry", so he had to come out soon after her final scan. He was born the next day [after the 41 week scan] via C-section, which was sort of half emergency, half elective. It wasn't anything to do with his weight, even though everyone seems to think so."
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She continues: "Not one person could have warned me about how big he was. After they pulled him out of the section every single person in the theatre gasped. The midwife just looked at me and said 'he is a giant' and I thought 'oh that's great', and then she was like 'no, he's huge' and I was like 'oh, ok'."
"They weighed Teddie straight away in the theatre and "every single person was shocked. I've always said he was a toddler when he was born. He was giant. When I saw him I wasn't sure, but then I held him and I was like 'yeah he is..'."
After his birth little Teddy has some problems keeping weight on because of his liver issues. Ruby explained: "His liver couldn't turn the calories he was getting from breastfeeding into glucose so he ended up losing quite a bit of weight and ended up being quite ill and constantly in hospital."
Teddie is now six months old and is doing so much better. Since his birth Ruby has shared her story on TikTok, where it has been seen by more than 1.5 million people.
