A Brazilian mother has broken a
world record after giving birth to a baby who weighed nearly six kilos.
Maira
Trevisan had baby Gabrielly on September 19 and while doctors at Cascavel
University Hospital in Parana, Brazil, knew that the child would be bigger than
average, Maria admits she didn’t expect the baby to be so heavy.
Tipping the scales at a whopping
5.72 kilos or 12.61 pounds, baby Gabrielly broke the hospital’s 27-year-old
record, which was when the maternity unit registered an infant weighing 5kgs.
The 36-year-old said: “It was a bit
of a shock and surprisingly uncomfortable the first day I took her into my
arms. I didn’t expect her to be so heavy and so long. But I’m now getting used
to her,” she added laughing. Her daughter measures an astonishing 54
centimetres or nearly 22 inches long and is almost twice the weight of the
average newborn.
According to Guinness World Records
, the largest baby ever born was ‘Babe’, born to Canadian Anna Bates in January
1879. She died 11 hours after birth, and weighed 22lbs. Gabrielly spent eight
days in hospital after complications during birth.
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