# Some news from Excite.com - don't want to spoil the surprise! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743 "2005-01-20T16:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/1 "2005-01-20T16:56:20Z")
Check [this](http://apnews.excite.com/article/20050120/D87NSBJO1.html) out. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/2 "2005-01-20T17:07:59Z")
EeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeK! I’m glad they didn’t make her pass this one the usual way!!! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/3 "2005-01-20T17:33:12Z")
16 freakin pounds. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/4 "2005-01-20T17:46:28Z")
The same thing happened here not long ago. I would dig up a cite but it will be in Spanish anyways. Apparently babies born this big are routinely checked for diabetes. As a side note: I once had a BF whose mother had given birth to 6 children, the smallest was 9 lbs, my ex was born at 13 lbs. None by cesarean. :eek: Nobody in the family was shorter than 6’, which kinda explains it. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/5 "2005-01-20T18:58:32Z")
Fezzik lives. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/6 "2005-01-20T20:57:23Z")
Is this baby likely to be above average size as an adult? Would a mother typically have died while birthing a child this size before modern medicine? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/7 "2005-01-20T21:02:24Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Is this baby likely to be above average size as an adult? > > Would a mother typically have died while birthing a child this size before modern medicine? #1 I don’t know. But #2, probably, and the mother, too, since she birthed it via a Cesearean. I \*know \* that’s not spelled right. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-news-from-excite-com-dont-want-to-spoil-the-surprise/285743/8 "2005-01-20T21:10:58Z")
My aunt was around 14 lbs. Grandmom was bedridden for some three months after. I say “Grandmom” . . . this was 1940 or so.