Mum gives birth to ‘mega babies’ – with one so big she was in the 99th percentile
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Brittany Opetaia-Halls had her first child, weighing 9lbs 4oz, via c-section. A mum has described how she only has big babies - one in the 99th percentile and the other who wore clothes for 12-month-old tots from day one. Brittany Opetaia-Halls, 29, welcomed her first child via c-section, Malayisa-Maree, in August 2020 - weighing 9lbs 4oz.
![[Brittany Opetaia-Halls, 29, welcomed her first child via c-section, Malayisa-Maree, in August 2020 - weighing 9lbs 4oz]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/17/13/mums-mega-babie-1294268.jpg)
Four years later, she gave birth naturally to another little girl, Milana-Mae, who tipped the scales at 9lbs 2oz, in a 24 hour labour. Malayisa-Maree, now four, wears clothes that should fit an eight-year-old. And after just six months Milana-Mae, born in June 2024, is a whopping 22lbs 9oz - more than 5lbs heavier than the average tot her age.
This puts Milana-Mae in the 99th percentile - which means a baby is heavier than 99 per cent of tots of the same age and sex. She was wearing clothes labelled 12 months when she was a newborn. Brittany, who works in marketing and social media, from Brisbane, Australia, said: "I think I just knew they'd both be big.
"I was showing pretty quickly with both of them. "My husband is very tall so in my head, I went 'oh no!'. "Even when the midwives were scanning me they just didn't know if it was fluid but I knew in my head it was the baby. "People on TikTok comments always said I was about to pop and I'd be way out.
"The views about my bump went so high and everyone was so shocked. "When I take both of them out it's always like 'what are you feeding them?'.". After 20 weeks of pregnancy with Malayisa-Maree, Brittany's bump was already measuring over the average for that stage.
