Chun Chun is the heaviest newborn

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Chinese mother has given birth to a 15.52 pound baby.

08 February,2012 10:02 am

A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the countrys founding in 1949.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 the baby, named Chun Chun, are doing fine.The paper said Chun Chuns parents are average size and there was nothing unusual about his mothers pregnancy or diet.The paper said it wasnt immediately clear whether Chun Chun made Chinas 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).