Indonesian Woman Gives Birth To 19 pound (lb) Baby (Photo)

An Indonesian woman delivered a 19.2-pound (lb) 2-foot-long baby boy via Caesarean section on Monday at a public hospital in North Sumatra province .

American babies usually weigh 7-9 pounds average during birth and now seems trivial. The 19.2 pound baby is now recorded as the largest baby born in Indonesia and just 4  pounds short of the world record holder, who is a 23 pound (lb) baby born in 1879.

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Even though the delivery was via a Caesatean Section (CS), the surgery was still a risk with such a large baby.  The size of the “infant” dwarfs the other babies in the hospital nursery.

“This heavy baby made the surgery really tough, especially the process of taking him out of his mum’s womb. His legs were so big,” Dr. Binsar Sitanggang told AFP. “He’s got strong appetite, every minute, it’s almost non-stop feeding,” he continued.

Diabetes is likely the caused the baby to receive too much glucose in the womb, according to doctors. This may have attributed to the baby’s massive and not normal size. The baby boy is in good health.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Canadian Anna Bates gave birth to a baby boy who weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces and was 30 inches long. He was born way back in 1879, however, and died just 11 hours later.

If you are having trouble determining how big a 19 pound baby is, he is about the size of a one year old toddler. It’s amazing that he is not walking yet.