# My Mutant Newborn... or The Straight Dope on Big Babies.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 13, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mutant-newborn-or-the-straight-dope-on-big-babies/312284 "2005-07-13T02:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mutant-newborn-or-the-straight-dope-on-big-babies/312284/21 "2005-07-14T02:41:15Z")

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> [@Mighty\_Girl](#):
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> The nuclear power plant nearest to where I live is in Cuba. Got any other idea? 🙂

Sure. Maybe the baby grew due to the extreme swings in barometric pressure present when living in a hurricane path month in and month out and the inevitable effects said swings have on the placenta.

What??? 😃

Mazel Tov on the baby, sounds like she’s doing great. I wasn’t breastfed. I have weight issues and have my entire life ( I’m 43 ).

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**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mutant-newborn-or-the-straight-dope-on-big-babies/312284/22 "2005-08-11T12:54:58Z")

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My mom had 6 kids.

I was baby #5, and wieghed about 5 1/2 lbs. My brother, baby #6, weighed 12lb 13 oz!

My mom had GD, and I think she managed her diabetes herself with baby #6 (we were living overseas, and I understand from the older sibs that she let me give her her insulin shots when I was 4 years old!). He did suffer some common problems of large and diabetic babies and has permanent brachial plexus palsy.

I had two small babies myself- a 5 pounder and a 1 1/2 pounder. Both are average sized kids (yay).

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mutant-newborn-or-the-straight-dope-on-big-babies/312284/23 "2005-08-11T14:10:09Z")

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Did you, by chance, give birth in a popular tv sitcom? Giving birth to 3 month-old looking babies is pretty common under those circumstances. 😃

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