Stacey Herald, a 28 1/2-inch (72 cm) woman, had just given birth to an 18-inch (46 cm) daughter who wasn't much smaller than her mother!
Pregnancy swelled Herald’s belly to comically large proportions, the woman said.
“If I laid down, I looked like a snail,” she said, laughing. “That's how big my belly was. I looked like an Idaho potato with arms and legs.”
She kept laughing as she recalled her late-stage pregnancy.
“You couldn't see my feet,” Herald said. “You know, my legs are there you know, but my belly came out so long, that all you could see was a belly with toes."
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'Tis a pity everyone is not as perfect as you.
The gross thing is that you're allowed to post here.
It could be argued that we have broken all sense of natural selection with modern science & technology.
@ Kate:
The article did say the new child was normal in all respects.
Yes this child is normal but her first child also suffers the same condition as her.
If she felt she had to have kids regardless of her disabilities, that's great - but why not adopt? Nah.... that's okay if two more kids in this world grow up without loving homes, if they're lucky enough to grow up at all.
Why don't you adopt them then, Jennifer?
Bunch of hateful people posting in here, or what?
Her other child was born with the SAME problem as the mother read the full article and they are planning on having another child
Just because she has health issues, doesn't mean she can't love her children.
And I'm sure adopting a child is no where near having one of your own. It's an alternative...not the only option. If you can have kids...go for it!
Some people should really be stopped from having kids when they're so selfcentered that they can only think of their own need to have children and have no eye for the future happiness of their children.
But you know, it's really sad when people who have no disabilities or birth defects make comments about how the people who do have disabilities don't have the right to be happy with their lives and/or reproduce. Obviously, given that this woman is a full grown adult and is having children of her own, she doesn't see her life as being all that bad, regardless of living with her disabilities. So who are you to say that she doesn't have the right to enjoy all the things in life that you can? And who is to say that those children aren't going to enjoy their lives as well?
I commend this lady for not letting ignorant people get her down or keep her from doing living her life and doing what makes her happy. As long as she loves and cares for those children, that's all that should matter.
Guess what? I did! Best thing I've ever done.
@ priscilla
I never suggested she couldn't love her own kids. Just that she isn't able to open herself up enough to love those who really need it.
I'm sorry you don't consider parents who adopt as being equal to those who have their own. But I've always seen the ability to open your heart and home to a child in need as a greater thing than having your own. Only the strongest can take that journey and suffer the heartbreaks and setbacks that often occur. If you truly want to make the world a better place, start with the kids who need families.
Are you 28 1/2 inches tall? If this woman went to adopt kids, she would be turned down by people with the same narrow-minded and judgmental opinions that you've shown here.
Just thinking of what she's gone through just to have kids shows how strong this woman is. Oh, I forgot, you risked getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from all that paper-signing when you adopted.
What a hateful attitude. Millions of parents who have adopted would beg to differ with you.