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‘Mini Sumo Wrestler’ Baby Girl Born Weighing 13 Pounds

Lifestyle July, 12, 2025

Children are a gift of God. They spread pearls of happiness with their healthy wail. Same was the case with Emma and Daniel Millar when they welcomed their youngest child-Remi. But in their case, their little nugget weighed extraordinarily more.

Emma and Daniel were all set to welcome their third child. They went around arranging all the elements to provide their baby with all the comfort. After completing 35 weeks of pregnancy, the parents went for a regular checkup. The ultrasound brought out an astonishing fact. The baby thriving in her weighed around 4 kg. That was not a new case for the couple.

Their elder daughter named Willow too weighed more at her birth. But the mother went ahead to have a normal delivery. Thus, they took the fact as a normal one.

As time ticked away, Emma completed 38 weeks-2 days of pregnancy. But things started getting worse with her. Her waters broke earlier than the planned schedule. So the doctors had to rush in for an emergency delivery. After looking at her condition, doctors decided to go for a c-section delivery. Emma shared that she did not think she could have handled a normal birth with her baby.

After some rigorous efforts, the baby girl made her way to the world. But her recipients were astonished to see her. The baby weighed around 5.8kg (13lbs). She resembled a ‘mini sumo wrestler’. The midwives could not believe their eyes as they had not seen any baby pushing the meter up to 5.8kg before in their career. It was new experience for them.

Then there arose the problem of her clothes. The clothes that were with the couple could not fit her. Only one out of them managed to get around her properly. So it looked like they had to plan a shopping spree to get her some new clothes.

Well, it was not the first c-section operation for the mother of three. She had selected to go for it when they expected their first child. She thought it as a safe option to make it smooth for her and her baby. The 4-year-old boy named Ace weighed 8.4lbs at that time. The operation worked perfectly with him. Thus, his sound arrival drove away the pending fears of his mother.

According to Remi’s dad, she was definitely making an impression. Her extraordinary weight managed to draw the attention of the people around her. The new parents, visitors and midwives would flock around her when he would take her along with him. According to NSW Mother and Babies report, only 1.2% of Australian babies weigh over 4.5kg. So Rima became a point of attraction for the souls around her.

Also, the doctors had advised Emma not to pick anything heavier. The weight of her baby became the threshold for her.

The Mount Warrigal (New South Wales) resident described her baby as a ‘mini sumo wrestler’. According to Emma, “I did expect to have a larger baby as I had gestational diabetes but not this big”.

May God bless the mother-daughter duo with good health! The golden girl will surely be going to rock the world with her might.

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