A woman in India has given birth to her ninth baby who happens to be the heaviest baby ever born in India.
The baby weighs 14.77 pounds (app 6.7kg) and was delivered through normal birth procedure. The average weight of a baby at birth is 7.5 pounds (app 3.4kg).
The 36-year-old Firdous Khatun gave birth to the baby at the Raja Ram Kalawati Hospital, Orai in Uttar Pradesh.
The baby, who has been tagged ‘miracle’ baby by medical staff of the hospital, was reportedly born fifteen minutes after the mother went into labour.
Khatun had given birth to eight children before the birth of her latest child, babies who weighed around 8 pounds at birth.
On her eight previous births, she gave birth at home but was rushed to the hospital on this latest case by her 40-year-old husband, Kadir Raza.
Expressing surprise, Dr. Anjana Gupta, who delivered the baby said:
“He is a miracle baby. In my 21 years of experience, I had never seen a new-born as big as him.
“We could not believe how, despite his big size, he smoothly came out.
“Though his shoulders got stuck for few seconds, within three minutes he was in my hands. He was so big that he did not fit in my hands. He is a beautiful baby.
Dr Gupta noted that the baby is expected to be discharged soon, while saying that he could not explain why the baby is so big.
“Though he had respiratory issues initially, both he and his mother are now doing fine.
“Strangely, the mother is not diabetic which usually causes the risk of obesity in new-born.
“We do not know why the baby is so big but he is healthy and all his parameters are fine.” He affirmed.
The previous record of the biggest baby in India was held by a 13.16 pound baby born to a woman through C-section in Rajasthan, Western India in October.