A mother in mainland China gave birth last weekend to a baby boy
weighing a massive 14lbs. The woman, known only as Mrs Tian gave birth at the
Chongji Maternity Hospital in Yecheng city, Shanxi province according to local
news reports. According to clinicians at the hospital, the newly-born baby
weighs approximately the same as a three-month-old.
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According to the World Health Organisation, the baby is around double
the size of an average newborn. A Guinness World Records source
stated that the first recorded world's largest baby was born in January 1879 in
Ohio weighing almost 24lbs - however the infant died 11 hours later. However,
an Italian baby born in September 1955 also weighed in around 24lbs but managed
to survive.
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