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Woman gives birth to a whopping 15.5lbs baby

By Staff K 07/02/2012 17:42:00

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Woman gives birth to a whopping 15.5lbs baby

A WOMAN has given birth to a record-breaking baby that weighed more than TWICE the average new-born weight.

Chun Chun tipped the scales to a whopping 15.5lbs when he was born on Saturday in the Henan province of China, making him China's heaviest baby on record.

Chun Chun's 29-year-old mother gave birth to her record-breaking son just after the start of the Chinese New Year, which kicked off on January 23.

The year of the dragon is considered a particularly lucky time to have a child, as proud father Han Jingang explained:

"My wife was not different from other pregnant women.

"She ate and drank normally as she should.

"But she's given birth to such a big, fat son.

"Today is the first day of spring in the Chinese calendar and he's a 'dragon baby'.

I feel very happy."

Chun Chun's mother Wang Yujuan sensed that something was different from her previous pregnancy with the couple's 6-year-old daughter, who weighed just over 8.8lbs at birth.

She said: "I clearly felt that my body was more clumsy than when I had been pregnant with my daughter.

"My belly was bigger than it was then.

"I guessed the baby would be between ten and 11lbs.

"I never expected to hear that he weighs 15.5lbs."

Shang Lili, Head of the Obstetrical Department of the local Maternity and Childcare Service Centre said: "A normal baby should weigh about 6.6 to 7.7llbs.

"This baby is twice as heavy as a normal one."

Between 2008 and 2010, three babies weighing exactly 15.4lbs were born in China.

But at 15.5lbs Chun Chun just tips the scales over these previous records.

The heaviest baby on record was born in Ohio, US, in 1879 — he weighed a whopping 23.8lbs but died just hours after his birth.