Tennessee Woman Gives Birth to Record-Breaking Baby: 'Shocked at His Size'

"On July 29, it all clicked for the 30-year-old from Dixon, Tennessee, when she gave birth to Cassian, a 12-pound, 14 ounce boy, one of the largest newborns ever delivered at Tristar Centennial Women's Hospital. According to the American Pregnancy Association, most full-term babies (39 to 40 weeks gestation) weigh between 6 and 9 pounds. Martin says she was disappointed when, at 36 weeks, she learned that her baby was already measuring 10 pounds and that she would need a cesarean section."

"Though Martin did not have gestational diabetes, which can lead to unusually large babies, she says postpartum bloodwork revealed that her body had some insulin resistance, likely connected to Cassian's glucose issues. "That's why he was so puffy," she says. "He couldn't even open his eyes for three days." After a 10-day stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) during which Cassian's pancreas was not producing enough insulin and he also required oxygen, he healthy enough to be discharged home to his family."

Shelby Martin experienced intense, unusual pain during her third pregnancy as her physical therapist explained that the baby was essentially popping her hip joint out of socket. She delivered Cassian on July 29 by cesarean at Tristar Centennial Women's Hospital; he weighed 12 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 10 pounds by 36 weeks. Postpartum bloodwork showed maternal insulin resistance likely linked to Cassian's glucose problems, which left him puffy and unable to open his eyes for three days. Cassian spent 10 days in the NICU for low insulin production and oxygen support before discharge. At 10 weeks he weighed 16 pounds, in the 97th percentile, and was born exactly one year after the parents learned of a miscarriage.

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