The Heaviest Baby... Posted at 9/25/2009 04:04:00 PM 0 comments (+) ... in Indonesia was born last Monday and he weighs 9.2 pounds or 8.7 kilograms -- about three times the weight of an average newborn. Just take a look at this photo:

Oh my! I can't imagine giving birth to a baby as big as this. Reports said that the mom has gestational diabetes that's why he grew this big. And it can also be attributed to genes because both mom and dad are tall and big.

When a diabetic mother's glucose level is high during pregnancy, the baby can receive too much glucose and grow too large, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Anyway, here's the most recent photo of baby Muhammad Akbar Risuddin. Their mayor was given the honor of naming Indonesia's biggest baby.


FYI: The world's heaviest baby was born in 1879 in Ohio and weighed 23.8 pounds (10.8 kg), but the baby died 11 hours later, according to Guinness World Records. The heaviest baby to survive was a boy born in 1955 in Aversa, Italy. He weighed 22.6 pounds (10.2 kg).

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