A mum whose baby bump was so large people thought she was having twins gave birth to a baby so big she fitted into clothing for six-month-olds immediately.
Jodie Baines, 25, was so large during pregnancy that she could hardly get out of bed as her bump was so big, and when she finally gave birth the mum-of-two endured 25 hours of labour.
She welcomed baby Aria Taylor at 12.31am on August 6, 2022, and she tipped the scales at a massive 11lbs 9oz - and Aria was so chunky she couldn't fit into newborn baby clothes and went straight into clobber for six-month-olds.
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Jodie, a care worker, from Chorley, Lancashire, said: "She did look big and was very heavy when she was born. People said it looked like I was carrying a six-month-old baby around but she was a newborn.
"We put her on the scales and saw her weight and were like wow. My son Theo was a big baby too at 8lbs 6oz.
"At 10 weeks I looked about 20 weeks along.
"But she's the easiest baby - she's a dream.
"It's not like having a newborn at all."
Jodie knew she would be expecting a bigger baby with partner, Alex Taylor, 24, a shop assistant, when her bump started showing at just 10 weeks.
She continued: "At 32 weeks they measured my belly and told me I was measuring three weeks ahead," she said.
"But at the scan they said Aria was measuring ok and not big. I looked like I was about to pop.
"I was in so much pain by 36 weeks and could feel how big she was. I could see her moving.
"I couldn't get out of bed in the end.
"Now I look back I don't know how I managed to carry her or birth her naturally."
Jodie had to wait until 42 weeks before doctors decided to induce her and she had a 25-hour labour before giving birth to a healthy but chunky Aria at Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, Lancashire.
"Her head got stuck but I managed to push her out in 15 minutes," Jodie said.
"I didn't really realise how big she was until they weighed her.
"I did realise she was heavy as you'd get a dead arm after five minutes of holding her."
Jodie had to stay in hospital for a week after the birth due to blood loss during labour.
"People thought I was carrying around a six-month-old," she said.
"But she's the easiest baby.
"She sleeps for seven hours.
"Zero to three-month-old clothes were too small for her so she went straight into three to six months.
"Now six to nine-month clothes fit her perfectly."
Aria is now settling in well and gets attention when she goes for a stroll with her family.
"She gets a hell of a lot of attention because people think she's pretty," Jodie said.
"As a baby, they'd come up and say 'she's chunky isn't she'.
"She's a dream."
Now Aria, who is four months old, wears six to nine-month-old clothes, and she's fitting right in with her brother, Theo, now two, who weighed 8lbs 6oz when he was born.
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