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Amazing: Doctors shocked after woman gives birth to 16.4lbs baby boy




A woman in Wellington New Zealand has become a vital hit over the past week after she gave birth to a baby that weighed just over 16lbs.

The new bundle of joy who was welcomed with loving arms was born last week in Wellington Hospital in awe of doctors who delivered the rather unusual sized baby boy.

Although the baby boy who.meassured 57cm long is the largest birth ever recorded it has gone down as something of rare phenomenon as he was almost double the size of the average new born.

According to local media reports the baby boy was born weighing 16.4lbs by caesarean section at Wellington Hospital after it took doctors more three hours to administer the epidural.

Speaking their son’s long awaited arrival delighted parents who do not wish to be identified, told Stuff.co.nz: “We are not that tall ourselves, so we are not sure where his size comes from.”

“We also had another son weighed 11.8lbs at birth, we are completely puzzled at how we have given birth to two quite large babies”

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