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Baby Kaelum weighs in - three weeks early
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| Proud dad: Robert Dixon with his son Kaelum. |
AN Andover couple played guess the weight' when their baby son was born.
Samantha Venn, from Launcelot Close, gave birth to her 12lb 5 oz baby son, Kaelum Robert on 6 June - three weeks before her expected delivery date.
She had known she was going to have a big baby but because she was going to have a Caesarean section the doctors said she could continue her pregnancy to the full 40 weeks - something not allowed for babies being delivered naturally.
But her waters broke a few days after that decision was made.
"I always knew we were going to have a big baby. My other three have all been reasonably big," said Samantha, aged 32.
"But we didn't know exactly how big and when he came out everyone was guessing how much he weighed.
"When I was six months pregnant I looked like I was nine months pregnant and everyone was asking me if we were having twins!"
Dad Robert Dixon, aged 26, is thrilled with his new son, who is already wearing clothes for a three to six-month-old baby. He doesn't even think about how heavy Kaelum was when he was born.
"If you look at him on his own he looks like a normal size baby. It's only when you put him next to other newborn babies he looks any bigger. But I suppose when you've got a new baby you don't even register their size. You're just amazed by them."
4:50pm Thursday 19th June 2008
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CommentPosted by: Dr Power, Andover on 1:44pm Fri 20 Jun 08
Who cares about this story????.
Who cares about this story????.
Posted by: Lolly on 10:29am Sat 28 Jun 08
In response to Dr Power-
A lot of people like to read a happy story in their local paper. I'm really pleased for Samantha and Robert and wish them all the best with their new addition.
In response to Dr Power-
A lot of people like to read a happy story in their local paper. I'm really pleased for Samantha and Robert and wish them all the best with their new addition.
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