China’s heaviest new born baby weighs 7.04 kgs

PTI

Beijing, 06 Feb 2012: A baby weighing 7.04 kilogrammes was born in central Henan Province, setting a new record for being the heaviest newborn in China, local media reported.

 

The 29-year-old mother surnamed Wang gave birth to the super-size baby on Saturday through Caesarean section in Xinxiang City.

 

Both she and the baby are in good condition, the Dahe News said. Wang and her husband are of normal stature and they have a 6-year-old daughter who weighed about 4 kilos at birth.

 

Wang’s doctor Ren Xijie said the newborn boy was about 60 centimeters long. His delivery took nearly 20 minutes.

 

Wang said she had no special diet during pregnancy and the only difference w as that she had a much bigger belly than other pregnant women.

 

The largest newborn baby on the Guinness World Records was a 10.1-kg Italian baby born in 1955 and the former national record holder was a 7-kilogram baby born in 2008 in Liaoning Province.