A baby, who is nearly double the 3kg average for a newborn, was named Noah Hopkins. His parents Keely Swift, 26, and Michael Hopkins, 34, did not expect their baby would be so big, as none of the scans had indicated his staggering size.
Recalling the day Noah was born, his father Michael said:“I have never seen a room go so quiet. There were a lot of people in the room at the time and we had to weigh him again just to make sure.We had no idea he was going to be so big because it hadn’t been picked up at any appointments with the midwives or anything. He did get a bit stuck but Keely was amazing. He is a bruiser.
Unfortunately, during his birth Noah contracted an infection, known as group B streptococcus, and had to stay at the neo-natal unit, while his mother is recovering at home. Both are successfully treated with antibiotics. Doctors beleive that the baby’s size might be the reason he contracted strep B as he had got stuck for awhile.
Infection with group B streptococcus (GBS), also known more colloquially as strep B and group B strep, is infection with bacteria of the genus Streptococcus. It can cause serious illness and sometimes death, especially in newborn infants, the elderly, and patients with compromised immune systems.
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