Kevin Robert Clark came out of the womb at 16-pounds in 1983 and now weighs 300 pounds.
”He’s a real bruiser,” his mother Patricia Clark said in a 1983 New York Times article. His mother was 24-years-old at the time of his birth.
Born in Community Memorial Hospital, Patricia believes that he may be the biggest baby ever born in New Jersey.
She also said that she expected Clark to be big since it ran through the family, Patricia herself was born heavy at 9-pounds, while her husband was 10-pounds.
Being large and tall came with its benefits when he joined the U.S. Air Force and later, the military police in Texas.
“There’s a natural tendency for people to think that because you’re tall, you’re in charge,” Clark joked. “I always say, ‘Everyone looks up to me,’” New York Post reported.
Clark added that he was unable to blend into the crowd.
“I was a police officer for a while and everyone instantly would ask me questions, like I was in charge. I’d be in the same uniform as them, sometimes with less stripes,” Clark said.
When Clark was in school the sports coaches would pressure him into playing despite not wanting to play.
Nowadays, random people ask about his participation in sports.
“When people ask if I play basketball, I ask them if they play miniature golf,” he told the Post.
“There isn’t a day that goes by when someone doesn’t ask me how tall I am. I like to joke that I’m 5-foot-21.”
He now lives with his Great Dane and wife, Jenna, who stands at 6-feet tall, Tex, The Post reported.
“You’re not going to get away from how big you are, it’s who you are … embrace it,” he said, Practical Parenting reported.
Woman Gives Birth 12-pound Baby Without Pain Medicine
Nikki Bell, 28, gave birth to a “chunky” baby boy at Blacktown Hospital in West Sydney on Nov. 1, 2018, and doctors were shocked.
Parker Bell was the heaviest baby ever to be born at the hospital, Daily Mail reported. He weighed more than double what newborns normally weigh—which is between 5 pounds 8 ounces and 8 pounds 13 ounces.
She requested no pain relief during her labor, which lasted 2.5 hours. Some mothers suffer labor pains for as long as 15 hours.
Even though Nikki didn’t take pain relief, she knows how painful labor pains can be. She told The Mirror, “I’m sure all births hurt, whether it’s 1.7kg or 5.7kg—they all hurt.”
Being the mother of an adorable little girl named Maddison, Nikki is pleased to be blessed with a boy.
Blacktown Midwifery Group Facebook page shared a post praising Nikki and Parker, saying:
“This gorgeous chunky boy was born on Thursday to one of our MGP Mums, Nikki. He weighed in at record-breaking 5.755kg (12lb 6oz for the old school) and was a natural birth with no complications.
“We are happy to report the not so little Parker and Mum Nikki are doing well. Welcome to the world Parker, you’ll be the talk of Blacktown Maternity for a long time to come!
“Also a big congratulations to Nikki, Michael and big sister Maddison.”
Mothers from all around responded online by lauding Nikki’s brave efforts.
One mom wrote, “Women’s bodies are amazing! Well done first and foremost to the mummy but also to the birthing staff that helped this mummy do her job and allow her body to do its thing!”
Another mom wrote encouragingly, “This little cutie weighs more than my twins put together at almost a month old.”
Back home at Riverstone in Sydney’s northwest, the family of four is happy to say they view Parker’s weight as an advantage—he may turn out to be very strong.
“Hopefully, he will be a bit of a football player, maybe a front rower, that’ll keep his dad happy,” Nikki joked.
In the meantime, the Bell family are simply enjoying family life, and Maddison is in her element playing the role of “big sister.”
Epoch Times reporter Simone Jonker contributed to this article.