Weightlifter Unexpectedly Gives Birth While Training

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:12AM from the insert-snatch-joke-here dept.

Elizabeth Poblete, a Chilean Olympic weightlifter, got a big surprise when she gave birth to a boy while she was training in a Brazilian gym. Poblete didn't know she was 6 months pregnant and had even consulted a doctor a week previous. Head weight trainer in the gym, Horacio Reis, said: "It was a surprise for me. A week ago I acted as a judge in a competition in Chile and this girl was competing. All went well and she won the competition. I could see she was a big girl, round and strong. That's all I noticed." Both mother and child were brought to the hospital after the surprise delivery. The boy remains in intensive care and it is reported that he can already clean and jerk a full 10oz bottle.

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Discovery Health... by Thelasko · 2009-12-16 07:43 · Score: 1

Discovery Health should totally do a story on this one.

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Three months early? by gman003 · 2009-12-16 08:06 · Score: 1

I do not like that poor kids chances. 24 weeks early = 50% mortality.
1. Re:Three months early? by HarrySquatter · 2009-12-16 15:44 · Score: 1
  
  So there are 8 weeks in a month now?
2. Re:Three months early? by gman003 · 2009-12-16 17:57 · Score: 1
  
  Sonuva... how the hell did I do that math wrong?
Congratulations! by archangel9 · 2009-12-16 09:36 · Score: 1

You're not a lesbian.
Re:Natural Doping by amazingxkcd · 2009-12-16 14:08 · Score: 1

How can she not remember whom we slept with 6 months ago? Oh right, she was weight-lifting, meaning something not good
Re:Natural Doping by erroneus · 2009-12-17 02:00 · Score: 1

Sounds like a new guest will be appearing on the Maury Povich show!