Mother Gives Birth to 15-Pound Baby in China
- Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:04am by
Liz Klimas
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BEIJING (The Blaze/AP) — Chun Chun is a chub chub. The baby boy born in central China weighed 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) and is possibly the largest newborn on record since the country’s founding in 1949.
Chun Chun could be the heaviest baby born in China.
The state-run Tianjin Post said Tuesday that the 29-year-old mother in Henan province gave birth to the boy Saturday by cesarean section. It said delivery took just 20 minutes and both mother and Chun Chun are doing fine.
(Related: World’s tiniest babies are thriving, raising debate over viability)
Watch the AP report:
The paper said Chun Chun‘s parents are average size and there was nothing unusual about his mother’s pregnancy or diet.
The Sun has more from the mother about the nearly twice average size baby:
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.”
The paper said it wasn‘t immediately clear whether Chun Chun made China’s record books.
Guinness World Records says the heaviest newborn ever recorded was born to an Ohio woman in 1879 and weighed 23.7 pounds (10.77 kilograms).
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resin333
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 10:02amsince it was a boy they might not throe it in the trash
Report Post »TAKE_AMERICA_BACK
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:03pmDo you think when he’s 4 years old his father will make him run outside in the snow wearing a bathing suite and a pair of socks just like the Eagle Dad?
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/eagle-dad-vid-of-father-forcing-4-year-old-son-to-run-naked-outside-sparks-outrage/
Report Post »Lara
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 1:35pmIt isnt all the time Gestational Diabeties. I had a 12 lb boy, Dr let me go over 3 weeks. Passed my GD tests ect.. Husband was 11 lbs at birth, Dr says it ain the fathers genetics that deterimines the size.. YEAH right.. Hubbys grand dad was 16 lbs! My prob was, that the dr made me try to have him for 3 hours straight pushin even tho he NEVER entered the birth canal.. Needless to say, that dr can no longer practice in SC!
Report Post »Mommy_of_3
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:49pmOh sweet LORD…they tried to have you deliver him naturally??? My 12 pounder was born by c-section at 39 weeks (sooo glad I didn’t have to do the last week). Glad you & baby are okay!
It drives me crazy when people think it was because I had GD. My husband is 7′ tall! My “runt” was 8 lb 14 oz and I gained 27lbs with her pregnancy. I just have BIG babies!!!
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 1:25pmI bet this kid could do a world class “truffle-shuffle” when he gets older!
Report Post »LibsFIB
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 1:13pmCan you say DIABETES?…
Report Post »nilo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 12:13pmYou ate too much fast food mamma!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:45amOuch… or as my Doctor says: I‘m glad I’m not a female!
Report Post »Guitar Master
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:20amzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
From THE REPORTER
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
A direct result of all the delicious cats and dogs they eat over there. Mmm. . .mmm. . . Good !
Could be the bear and/or tiger gallbladders. Mmm. . . mmm. . . Good !
Barbarians !
Report Post »123abc
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:11amI wonder what type of experiments the Chinese govt did to her to produce this huge offspring. Are they trying to breed giants to be huge fighting machines?
Report Post »madjack
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 11:00amJust heard Michelle Obama has departed D.C. for China.
She’s going over to lecture the mother about child obesity, see if they live in a food desert, and offer $Billions in foreign aid.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 10:47amI guess she has a future sumo wrestler to represent China in the Olympics.
Report Post »Mommy_of_3
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 10:06amThis makes my 12 lb baby boy seem small! LOL
Report Post »(I didn’t have gestational diabetes either)
hillbillyinny
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 9:56amMom have gestational diabetes?
Report Post »Mommy_of_3
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 10:07am“The paper said Chun Chun‘s parents are average size and there was nothing unusual about his mother’s pregnancy or diet.”
Answer to your question – no
Report Post »jharper
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 9:16amIf that baby were born in America, Obama would demand the baby give up half of its weight and redistribute it to less fortunate babies.
Report Post »SeeingThingsClearly
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:55pmLOL….and I can imagine him attempting to do something like that. You win.
Report Post »jcizarter
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 9:16amShe must have had gestational diabetes.
Report Post »Mommy_of_3
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 10:07am“The paper said Chun Chun‘s parents are average size and there was nothing unusual about his mother’s pregnancy or diet.”
Report Post »Gurgi
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 9:16amThis is obviously the family trying to cheat the one child policy. It is big enough to be three kids.
Lets abort it.
Report Post »Pharmer1
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:58amHEY that Chunky kid is Yujuan Wang’s second … In Henan province they’re allowed to have more than one!!!
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 8:06am@pharmer1
Report Post »I think that I remember hearing once that in the country where it is not so populated, and families need help on their farms, they are allowed to have more children. Maybe that is why she was allowed to have another kid.
4xeverything
Posted on February 9, 2012 at 4:45amI’m not sure, but I think that you can have as many as you want if they are boys. If this one had turned out to be a girl, she probably would have had a forced abortion. Don’t quote me on that though.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:22amWell, they’re not starving in China anymore, are they? Maybe the Chinese parents are saying to their kids, “Finish your plate. There are starving kids in America!”
Report Post »downthewell
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:29amGlenn has nothing to worry about. He’s still the biggest baby on earth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55751455@N02/5987685144/in/photostream/
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:40amWow, downthewell, how old are you?
Report Post »1956
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:19amChun Chun can thank his lucky stars he wasn’t born a girl. But he is an adorable little chubber wubber. Our first daughter (adopted from China) was only 19 pounds at 19 months.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:14amHere is a quote from her…”@#*^$%@!!!”
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:11amHere is a bit of perspective… I gave birth to twins who together weighed only about a pound more than Chun Chun, and they weren’t considered premies.
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