Atlanta, GA 3/1/2008 2:56:21 AM
News / Health & Wellness

Stacey Herald Gives Birth to Baby Nearly Her Size

Stacey Herald says she believes she is the world’s smallest woman to ever give birth. At 18 inches long, the baby is also as big as her mother who is 28.5 inches tall.

“My whole life, I’ve been told I wasn’t able to have children. I would not live through the pregnancy, that with the size of my torso, the baby would grow up underneath my lungs and smother out my lungs and my heart and we would both die…Something inside me just didn’t believe that,” Herald says.

 

Herald and her husband Wil Herald have an older daughter, 16-month-old Katira. Katira was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, the same genetic disorder the Stacey has. Their youngest daughter Makaia is expected to grow to average height. The Heralds say they want to have a son.

 

“I’m proud to have her as my wife. It’s just a blessing that we have two wonderful children. She’s a great mom. She’s a terrific mom. I mean, I couldn’t ask for anyone else to be the mother of my children,” says Wil.

 

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