The Clam Rampant

Kasia September 27th, 2007

They could’ve had a great time making propaganda about this.

I have a feeling poor Nadia Barabanova is going to be notorious for much of her time on this earth, which of course I pray is many, many years.

I just keep thinking about how stunned the parents seem to have been, which leads me to suspect they didn’t have a lot of prenatal care. After all, if she’d been going to regular doctor visits and had ultrasounds like are standard practice here, they probably would’ve had a better preparation for a 17.1 pound baby. As it is, all of their previous babies were over 10 pounds. (Nadia is #12.)

The snarky dig about how Nadia’s mother Tatyana (and her unnamed husband, of course)  is doing “more than her fair share to stem Russia’s population decline” seemed unnecessary. But I guess having 12 kids does turn heads these days. Even in rural areas.

Here’s a picture of Nadia next to another baby (presumably a more normal-sized one) in the hospital ward. The one on the right seems downright scrawny, especially when put next to Nadia. But if you look closely, yes, Nadia IS chubby, but she’s also really, REALLY big. The article doesn’t cite her length – I would’ve liked to have known that.

In any event, a curtsy to Dale Price for the link, and a hearty Поздравляю вас! (”I congratulate you!”) to the proud parents. God bless “little” Nadia.

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