World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - N-Do - 11-11-2009
DailyMail.co.uk Wrote:
The worldâs smallest mother is about to give birth for the third time - despite warnings she is risking her life.
Stacey Herald, who is just 2ft 4in tall, was told that becoming pregnant could kill her, but bravely defied doctors to have two babies half her height.
The 35-year-old from Dry Ridge, Kentucky in the U.S. suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which causes brittle bones and underdeveloped lungs, and means she failed to grow.
Now Mrs Herald, who uses a wheelchair, and her husband Will, who is 5ft 9in, are eagerly awaiting the birth of their third baby, due in the next four weeks.
Currently as wide as she is tall, she cannot hold her daughter because her belly gets in the way, and has to rely on her husband to do most things around the house.
She admits being pregnant is âuncomfortableâ and leaves her bedridden for weeks on end.
By the time the new addition, a boy, is one he will already tower over his mother.
But despite all the obstacles, the mother and father, a trainee priest, say they want even more children.
The couple met in 2000 while working for a supermarket in their home town and were desperate for a family after marrying in 2004.
But doctors warned Mrs Herald a baby would grow so large inside her tiny body it would eventually crush her organs, strangling her from the inside out.
Mrs Herald said: âIt broke my heart that I couldnât have kids.
âAll my life my parents had told me that I could do anything. Then there were these doctors telling me that we couldnât be a complete family. It really hurt.â
Eight months later, the couple were thrilled when they discovered they were expecting and decided to go ahead even though family and doctors begged them to reconsider.
Mrs Herald, who had decided not to take contraception, said: âThey all told me that I would die. They begged me not to have a baby.
'Even my mother said,â You know you wonât survive right?â âI told her: âItâs a miracle that I am here, that I have life, why couldnât this be a miracle too?ââ
After 28 weeks, doctors performed a cesarean section and daughter Kateri was born, weighing just 2lbs and 1oz in 2006.
She grew well but there was heartbreak for the family when they discovered Kateri had inherited Mrs Heraldâs condition and would also never grow to a normal height.
But the young family resumed life as normal, before Mrs Herald fell pregnant a year later.
She said: âIt was kind of like the last time, everyone screamed: âWhat are you doing?â at us.
âThe doctors told me I was pushing my luck. But we just prayed that God would bring us through it.â However this pregnancy took its toll on the little mother.
She said: âIt was hard, I got so much bigger faster. At my worst point I remember bursting into tears, because I looked like a beach ball with a head and little feet.
âI spent weeks unable to do anything for myself because my stomach was so big. At one point I dislocated my arm when I was moving from my chair into bed, because I just wasnât used to the weight on my arms.
âIâve always been able to do everything but this time I just couldnât and I found that really upsetting to have Will help me wash and go to the toilet.
âAlso he was trying to look after a 16-month old, so it was tough on both of us.â
Doctors tried to let the second baby stay in her body for as long as possible, letting her pregnancy go to 34 weeks before wheeling her into theatre.
Daughter Makaya who, at 18 inches was more than half her motherâs body length when she was born, weighed 4lbs and 7oz.
Now both girls are bigger than their mother who is 30 weeks pregnant with her first boy.
She said: âItâs getting tougher and tougher to move.
âAt the moment because Iâm getting really big again I canât hold my youngest daughter because my belly gets in the way and I canât get my arms around her.â
Mrs Herald added: âAll my babies are miracles, but we havenât thought about if weâre going to have some more, as theyâre a real handful right now.
âWe didnât plan to have more than two kids, we just think that theyâre a great gift to the world, and when I look at them I see Will and I feel so full of love, itâs tough not to want more.â
Re: World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - Paullehh - 11-11-2009
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and the happy couple...
Re: World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - sTr - 11-11-2009
that dude looks like he could be fred's brother or cousin.. and she is just like a cock sock... fill up, and poop out baby...
Re: World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - N-Do - 11-11-2009
sTr Wrote:that dude looks like he could be fred's brother or cousin.. and she is just like a cock sock... fill up, and poop out baby...
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Re: World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - sTr - 11-30-2009
Re: World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - Keezie - 12-01-2009
i would like to fuck a midget
Re: World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - Midgetfuxer - 12-01-2009
That's nutts I could not even think about having kids if I was that lil
Re: World's smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time - Paullehh - 12-07-2009
I couldn't think about boneing her...
That dude.... ew ew ewwwww
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