14 Pound Baby Delivered in California

Richard Sault Jr. is the largest baby ever delivered at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills — most likely in Orange County, according to veteran Saddleback doctors and an informal check of other major county hospitals.

Labor and delivery nurses at UCI Medical Center in Orange can't recall a baby ever being born there weighing more than 13 pounds.

Several years ago, while living in the Toronto area in their native Canada, a physician told Sara she would never be able to carry a child.

The couple, who have been together for 10 years, tried fertility drugs.

Nothing worked.

Work brought Richard Sault, an iron worker, to Orange County in 2004.

A year later, his wife, while training to take a physical test to become a police officer, learned she was pregnant.

Shantel was born in August 2005.

Last year, Sara Sault resumed her training to become a cop when she learned that she was pregnant again.

"I was jogging and eating right, and about two months into training, when I found out," she said, smiling. "I was really surprised."

Lugging around what became a 14-pound, 2-ounce baby took a toll. Her back hurt a lot as she gained about 100 pounds during her pregnancy.