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Russian mother gives birth to 17lbs baby girl
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A Russian mother has given birth to a 17lbs baby girl.
Baby Nadia is 42-year-old Tatiana Khalina's 12th child but even she could never have imagined the size of her new-born.
Tatiana gave birth by Caesarean section at a maternity clinic in Aleisk, a small town in southern Siberia.
A hospital spokeswoman said the birth, 10 days ago, went smoothly and both the mother and the child were fine.
Local social services chief, Marina Alistratova said neither Mrs Khalina nor her husband were large.
"We have presented them with a good washing machine, a food package and a card," she said. "We will keep supporting them in the future."
The Guinness Book of Records says the heaviest baby ever was born in the US in 1879. It weighed 23.12 pounds but died 11 hours after birth.
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