Netizens are fond of another “heavy” baby because of its plump cheek that was born in a hospital in Tarlac via normal delivery, even though he weighed 5.2 kilograms or 11.46 pounds.
The baby boy King Nathan is considered a “miracle baby” because his head was stuck in the mother’s vagina when he was born.
Leizel Apolonio, a nurse at the Tarlac Provincial Hospital, said the baby also had difficulty breathing when it was released, but the doctors caught up with it.
It is said that they usually undergo cesarean delivery when the baby is this big, so they know that the baby was delivered in the normal way.
This is said to be the first time the hospital has given birth to such a large baby via normal delivery.
Aside from weighing 5.2 kilograms, Baby King is up to 49 centimeters in size.
According to a report by GMA Regional TV News, it was said that Baby King’s mother, Abegail Pingol, went into labor for two hours.
“Muntik na rin akong bumigay sa tindi ng pag-iiri,” said Pingol, who thanked those who helped them.
Baby weighing over 11 lbs. born in Tarlac
Recently, a heavy baby boy was also born via normal delivery in Butuan City, weighing 11.4-pounds or over 5.1 kilograms.
The baby was born via normal delivery by his mother at Janicolyn’s Holy Angels Birthing Home in Butuan on September 11.
According to Celedeña, the baby is big and heavy compared to other babies born at their facility who usually weigh only 7-pounds or more than three kilos.
In 2019, a total of 1,673,923 live births were registered, which is equivalent to a crude birth rate (CBR) of 15.6 or 16 births per thousand population.
On average, about 4,586 babies were born daily in the Philippines. This is equivalent to about 191 babies born per hour or approximately three (3) babies born per minute.
In July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced that based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH), the total population of the Philippines as of 01 May 2020 is at 109,035,343.
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