Woman Gives Birth Naturally to a 13 Pound Baby in Germany

A newly delivered infant in Germany has grabbed the title of being the heaviest baby ever born in Germany. A woman gave birth to a baby girl naturally last Friday. She weighed 13.37 pounds and measured 22.6 inches at birth.

Born at the University Hospital in Leipzig July 26, the newbie 'Jasleen', despite her enormous size was born vaginally as her mother didn't want a cesarean section.

"We anticipated that the child would be big," said Holger Stepan, chief of obstetrics. "We prepared in advance by assembling a special team (of doctors and midwives) to be ready for any possible complications."

Babies born weighing more than 8 pounds 13 ounces are called 'fetal macrosomia' in medical terms. Obese newbies are attributed to diabetes and maternal obesity. In the case of Jasleen, her mother was suffering from undiagnosed gestational diabetes, which triggers  abnormal sizes in babies. Jasleen is twice the size of an average newborn girl, reports Huffington Post.

Data according to the American Diabetes Association state that nearly 18 percent of  pregnant women suffer from gestational diabetes. And this occurs in late pregnancy.

The newborn as well as the mother are doing well. But Jasleen continues to be in the neonatal care unit, reports German newspaper Der Spiegel.

Early this year, a British woman gave birth to a baby weighing 15 pounds 7 ounces, twice the size of an average newborn. Measuring around 67 cms, it was the second biggest newborn ever delivered vaginally in the United Kingdom. Due to his  massive size, baby George King,  was dubbed as the king-sized baby.

Jasleen grabbed the title of being the heaviest baby by beating 'Jihad', who had set a record in 2011. He weighed 13 pounds.