Tuesday 30 July 2013

Mother gives birth to a girl weighing 13.47 pounds WITHOUT a C-section


Consultant physician Matthias Knuepfer and nurse take care of Germany's heaviest newborn Jasleen

A baby weighing almost a stone and measuring 22.6 inches long has been born in Germany.
Baby Jasleen arrived on July 26 and weighed a massive 13.47 pounds.
Babies her size are usually born via a caesarean section, she was born naturally.
he mother gave birth at University Hospital in Leipzig and discovered she had a previously undiagnosed case of gestational diabetes, German newspaper Der Spiegel.
 This condition, which develops at around the 24th week of pregnancy, can lead to a larger than usual baby size.
Although both mother and daughter are doing well, Jasleen remains in the neonatal care unit.
She is now officially the largest new-born in Germany. A boy named Jihad was born in Berlin in 2011 and weighed 13 pounds.
The mother, who gave birth at University Hospital in Leipzig, discovered she had a previously undiagnosed case of gestational diabetes which can lead to a larger than usual birth weight
Source (UK Daily Mail)

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