Florida mum Daniella Hines delivers huge baby nearly twice size of average newborn
Daniella Hines got a lot more than she expected in the delivery room: a baby boy tipping the scales at more than 6kg (13 pounds, 15 ounces) — nearly twice the size of an average newborn.
“He was the talk of the maternity ward,” Ms Hines, 40, told US news website TODAY.com of her son Annan, born on September 3 in a at BayCare’s St. Joseph’s Hospital-South in Riverview, Florida.
According to medical staff, he is believed to be the biggest baby ever delivered there.
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“I remember thinking, ‘What are they pulling out of me? What is going on here?’,” she said.
“I felt so much pressure.”
When she finally saw Annan, pictured above next to another baby at the same hospital, Ms Hines said it all made sense.
“He was so big. I was like, ‘Whose baby is this? He came out of me?’,” Ms Hines said.
“Then everybody starts coming in because it’s not every day you see an almost 14 pound baby pop out.
“He was like a little celebrity.”
Ms Hines said Annan was “really chill” for the most part — except when he’s ready to eat.
“We didn’t expect such a big blessing,” she said.
“But it’s just more to love!
“I can’t wait to show him when he gets older: ‘Look you were in the news!’”
The Guinness World Record for the heaviest baby born was recorded in Ohio on January 19, 1879, when a woman called Giantess Anna Bates gave birth to a 9.98kg baby who was 71.12cm long.
Sadly, the child died just 11 hours after birth.
