In India, a girl was born who weighs as much as a six-month-old child - 6.8 kg. The as-yet-unnamed baby was born by caesarean section to 19-year-old Nandini in southern India. This is the mother's first child.
The previous record was set by Karisa Rusak from the United States, who was born with a weight of 6.5 kg in 2014 in Massachusetts.
Dr. Venkatesh Raju, who took part in the operation, says: “In 25 years of practice, I have never seen such a big child. She is a miracle. I think she is the heaviest newborn not only in India but in the world."
The girl's mother weighs 94 kg and is 175.2 cm tall. The pregnancy was proceeding normally, but Nandini did not know that she would have such a big girl. The baby's size indicated high blood sugar, but doctors made sure that the newborn did not have the diabetes that usually makes children obese.
The girl is now in the intensive care unit, and doctors are monitoring her development before being discharged home. Dr. Purnima Manu, a gynecologist who delivered the baby, said: “She came as a huge surprise for us. The operation took about half an hour and was not accompanied by any complications. The girl is really big and beautiful."
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“She has no health problems like thyroid dysfunction and she breathes normally. At first we were worried about the blood sugar level, but it turned out to be normal. The mother was regularly checked at the clinic and she never showed signs of gestational diabetes or thyroid dysfunction. Both mother and child are doing well, and we will discharge them as soon as we are finally convinced that the child is healthy."
The birth of the largest child puzzled the distinguished doctors not only of the state, but of the entire country.
Dr. Venkatesh Raju added: “I personally examined her. This is a wonderful gift from God. I'm glad she's doing well. Nandini and her husband Arun got married two years ago and were happy to have their first child. Now happy parents are counting the days until the moment when they can take the girl home.
In November last year, another woman from India, Firdus Khatun, gave birth to a boy weighing 6.7 kg. He was the heaviest child ever born in India, but baby Nandini broke his record.
In the photo - 6.5 kg Karisa Rusak from Canada with her parents.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, the heaviest child in the world weighing 10.8 kg was born in Canada in 1879. The baby, whose mother, Anna Bates, suffered from gigantism, died 11 hours after birth. The record for the heaviest healthy child was set in Italy in 1955 when a boy weighing 10.2 kg was born.