Chorley mum gives birth to 11lb 9oz baby – after 25-hour labour

Jodie Baines (25), was so big during her pregnancy, she couldn’t get out of bed.

Jodie’s bump had grown so big that she looked 20 weeks pregnant at 10 weeks along and people would ask if she was expecting twins.

After a 25-hour labor, the mother-of-two gave birth to Aria Taylor on August 6, 2022 at 12.31 am.

The scales read 11lbs 9 oz, more than a medium-sized turkey which averages 11lbs.

Aria was so big she couldn’t fit in baby clothes. She went straight to clobber clothing for three to six months.

Aria is now four-months-old and was last weighed at 15 lbs.

Jodie, a care worker from Chorley, 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, a 24-year-old shop assistant, knew she was expecting a larger baby with Alex Taylor. Her bump began to show at 10 weeks.

Theo was already a father to a son, Theo, now two years old. He weighed 8lbs 6oz at birth.

“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 waited 42 weeks for doctors to insecute her. She had a 25-hour labor before giving birth at Royal Preston Hospital to Aria, a healthy and chubby baby girl.

“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.”

Due to blood loss during labor, Jodie was required to remain in hospital for one week.

“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 perfect.”

Aria has settled in well now and enjoys going for walks 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.’