Mom gives birth to a whopping 13-pound baby boy, smashing hospital record: ‘How many years was he in there?’
She broke the internet — and a hospital record.
New mom Shelby Martin has gone viral after giving birth to the biggest baby to be born at Nashville’s TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital in more than three years.
The Tennessean has shared several photos and videos of her adorable newborn boy, named Cassian, who was born via C-section and weighed in at a whopping 12 pounds, 14 ounces (5.8 kg).
“When people talk about having a big baby, like I don’t know ball. But trust me … I know ball,” Martin quipped in a TikTok post that gained more than 4.4 million likes on Oct. 1.
The post pictures Martin before birth, standing in her hospital gown and showing off her oversized bump. It subsequently shows supersized Cassian, shortly after birth, who stunned doctors and nurses with his heft.
The TikTok has racked up more than 50,000 comments from stunned and amused viewers.
One viewer summed up the disbelief perfectly: “HOW MANY YEARS WAS HE IN THERE?”
Another wondered if the delivery involved some creative engineering, writing: “Did the baby have to come out of the sunroof????”
“Did you have to push or did he walk out?” another joked.
Meanwhile, TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital called the delivery “a beautiful reminder of resilience and love.”
Cassian had a brief stay in the NICU, where he received an IV and oxygen, and his glucose levels were monitored.