Mom Births Heavyweight: 15 Pound Boy

February 17, 2014

Fast-forward to California in 2014, when 28 year old Vanessa Cervantez’s son Andrew Jacob was delivered by cesarean section in January, weighing in at a whopping 15 pounds and 2 ounces.

The baby boy was immediately sent by air flight from Desert Valley Hospital to Loma Linda Children’s Hospital for careful monitoring, since he initially had some difficulty breathing on his own.

When doctor’s told the new mother how much her son weighed, she was in disbelief and truly astonished. Baby Andrew outweighs 2013’s largest baby by more than a full pound. Multiple media reports say that last year’s heavyweight newborn champion was a healthy 14 pound infant born in Utah.

Vicki Clinebell majored in journalism at the University of Colorado and headed to an advertising agency before beginning a long career in broadcasting, spanning production and copywriting to Sales and Management for an ABC affiliate station.

Her decision to switch gears to pursue a career in writing fulfilled a lifelong ambition. She started as a blogger for a diverse group of businesses, and now writes for a number of digital publications for companies stationed in her hometown in the Rocky Mountains, and provides advertising copy and media buys for national and regional clients. She finds the research as intersting as the writing—she loves learning about subjects as diverse as construction scaffolding, child safety seats, and the newest trends in beauty and fashion.