Mom Goes Into Labor Expecting to Have a 'Giant Baby.' What Happened Next Made Her 'Jaw Literally Drop' (Exclusive) Kayla GrantDecember 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM 0 Courtesy of Sophie Geraci and Maddie Walters Sophie Geraci and her daughter A Florida mom expected to welcome a "giant baby," but instead was met with a major surprise Sophie Geraci, a 26yearold mom of three, tells PEOPLE she and her doctors were prepared for her third baby, daughter Anastazja, to be large like her other children However, nothing could have prepared her and her husband for the moment they saw their daughter for the first ti...
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Kayla GrantDecember 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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A Florida mom expected to welcome a "giant baby," but instead was met with a major surprise
Sophie Geraci, a 26-year-old mom of three, tells PEOPLE she and her doctors were prepared for her third baby, daughter Anastazja, to be large like her other children
However, nothing could have prepared her and her husband for the moment they saw their daughter for the first time
A Florida mom went into the birth of her third child expecting a "giant baby," but instead was met with a major surprise.
Sophie Geraci, a 26-year-old mom of three, tells PEOPLE she and her doctors were prepared for her third baby, daughter Anastazja, to be a "giant baby." Sophie, who's also a mom to daughter Rosalie, 23 months, and son Leonardo, 3, explains that her history of giving birth to larger babies, coupled with the way her baby girl was growing, suggested she should prepare for another large baby.
"At all of my growth scans, I was told she was measuring ahead of schedule," Geraci explains. "My first and second babies had also been on the larger side — 80th percentile or higher — and my doctors explained that babies often get bigger with each pregnancy. Based on the measurements and my history, they consistently prepared me for another large baby."
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Sophie Geraci and her family
Sophie's older children, whom she shares with her husband, Maksimilian Geraci, 27, both weighed over 8½ lbs at birth. The proud mom shares that this reinforced the idea that she would be having another large baby."What's funny is that in both my family and my husband's family, neither of our mothers ever had babies over 7½ pounds," she says. "So hearing that both my first and second babies were estimated— and then born — over 8 pounds was shocking to all of us and reinforced the idea that this third baby would also be large."
Worried about the effect carrying a large baby would have on her body, Geraci says she ultimately decided to schedule a C-section. However, nothing could have prepared her and her husband for the moment they saw their daughter for the first time.
"I remember lying on the table, and my jaw literally dropped," she shares. "My doctor even held her up like Simba from The Lion King, and before they weighed her, I could already tell."
"She was tiny," Sophie tells PEOPLE. "The first thing I said to my husband was, 'Holy s---. She's so small and has so much hair!'"
In an Instagram Reel, shared in October, the newly minted mom of three poked fun at her "giant baby," who actually weighed 5lbs., 7 oz. Sophie tells PEOPLE that hearing her weight after all those months of her estimated growth being higher "felt unbelievable."
"I had to deliver early due to some complications, but my last growth scan had estimated her at around 8 lbs. So hearing her actual weight felt unbelievable," she says. "We ended up buying a whole set of preemie clothes and diapers, and she stayed in preemie sizes for the first four weeks."
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Sophie Geraci's children
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Now, at 4 months old, Sophie says her baby girl is doing "really well." The mom of three tells PEOPLE that while she's still healing from the birth and recovery, her little one is "thriving."
"We're doing really well. I'm still pretty sore from the C-section, and recovery has been a bit harder this time since it was my second one. But my daughter is thriving," she says. "She's a little behind because of her adjusted age, but she's growing beautifully."
The doting mom adds, "She's happy, healthy, and the sweetest – and clingiest — of all three of my babies."
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Published: December 02, 2025 at 12:45PM on Source: RON MAG
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