Mom in central China gives birth to 15 pound baby
Photo credit: AP / CCTV | A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound baby. (Feb. 4, 2012)
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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 country's 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.
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