Mother who weighed 700lbs

Monica, pictured before, was aware she would have to lose weight before becoming a mother

'They bundled her up and showed her to us for a split second, then rushed to put her on a ventilator to get her to start breathing.

'It was a day and a half before I got to see her, that was the longest wait of my life.

'When I first saw her, I just started crying. I sobbed uncontrollably. Sid made sure that no one aside from the doctors had held her before me.

'Her face was all scrunched up and she looked like a little potato.

'She was hooked up to all these wires and oxygen and I didn't know what was wrong with her, I just knew that when I saw her little cheeks and hands, I was so happy.'

The new mother said she does not blame herself or her lifestyle for the complications.

'I don't feel like my weight was a factor in that at all,' she said. 'Babies are born premature all the time.