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How big was the biggest baby ever born?

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Canadian Anna Bates gave birth to a baby boy who weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces and was 30 inches long. He was born way back in 1879, however, and died just 11 hours later.

The biggest baby a healthy mom delivered was another boy, who truly tipped the scales at 22 pounds, 8 ounces. His mom was Carmelina Fedele from Italy, and that was in 1955. More recently, a woman in Indonesia birthed a 19-pound boy. That’s toddler-sized!

What’s a “typical” birth weight? Well, it averages out to about 7-1/2 pounds for an American baby. But what’s “big” for a bunch of average, wonderful, everyday moms? Find out by reading some big baby birth stories right here, and also check out our article Birthing big babies: Labor and delivery facts!

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  1. [...] Think you might be having a big kid? Click here to read some birth stories by women who had big babies, and find out about the biggest baby ever born. [...]

    Pingback by Pregnancy & Baby Blog » Blog Archive » Women who lose weight may still have large babies — July 12, 2007 #

  2. The biggest baby ever born was born at conn hospital and was 14 pounds and 13oz. TO mother

    Comment by Jenna — June 28, 2008 #

  3. OH MY

    Comment by Anonymous — September 22, 2008 #

  4. Hi and I just wanted to say that I was born 11ounces and 22 inches :) I was born in jan 27, 1994 I am 14 :)

    Comment by David Hoang — October 10, 2008 #

  5. i was born 11 lbs

    Comment by Anonymous — November 18, 2008 #

  6. my baby was 10 lbs

    Comment by Anonymous — December 5, 2008 #

  7. well i was born 4lbs 2 ounces

    Comment by tessa — November 16, 2009 #

  8. wow you were pretty big

    Comment by jessica — November 21, 2009 #

  9. i gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing 11lbs and 7ozs on june 23 2009. and i delevered him vag. im 21

    Comment by jessica cole — December 2, 2009 #

  10. wow

    Comment by Anonymous — December 10, 2009 #

  11. I was 13 pounds in Russia

    Comment by Freddy — December 14, 2009 #

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