It is common for babies to be born in the 55 to 10 pound range
It is true that the majority of children born each year are born within the normal weight range, while a very small percentage are either very small or very large
There is research showing how and why babies can be born outside of the normal range
Other factors, such as a pregnant woman’s weight, whether she has diabetes or high blood pressure, can affect the size and health of her newborn
Below is a list of babies who were born well above the normal newborn weight
The ten heaviest babies ever born
A teenage girl in India gives birth to a 15-kilogram baby
A 19-year-old woman named Nandini gave birth to a 15-kilogram, 244-inch baby girl in May 2016
She was delivered through a thirty-minute C-section procedure at a government hospital in Karnataka, India
Mother Nandini weighed 207 pounds at the time of her daughter’s birth and doctors feared it would cause diabetes and affect the baby
The 15-kilogram baby girl is the heaviest newborn on record in India
On February 11, 2013, a 21-year-old woman named Jade Packer gave birth to a 15lb 7oz baby boy at Gloucester Royal Infirmary
According to his parents, the birth was difficult because the doctors and his family were not aware of his size
Doctors gave him a ten percent chance of survival and he was transferred to St Michaels Hospital
8 A 16-kilogram baby born in California is one of the largest in history
Sosefina Tagula of California gave birth to a 16-pound, 17-ounce baby boy named Sammisano Joshua Talai Otuhiva in 2013
According tohis mother, he was delivered early and doctors believed he would weigh 18 pounds
According to his mother, the 5-month-old baby Sammisano weighed 25 kilograms and was insatiably hungry
7 A 16-pound boy born in a Texas hospital
In 2011, Janet Johnson gave birth to a 16-pound, 24-inch-long baby boy at Longview Hospital in Texas
He is the largest baby ever born in this country
Janet, who was 39 when she gave birth, was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during her pregnancy, which may have contributed to JaMichael’s size
6 A woman from Cape Town gives birth to a 76 kg baby
In 2007, Cathleen Abels gave birth to a baby girl weighing 16 pounds 9 ounces at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town
According to hospital staff, this was the largest baby ever born at that hospital
She gave birth to her baby Chesner naturally, and according to some news sources, the baby had some breathing problems and received some breathing assistance from the ward
5 A woman in Brazil gave birth to a “giant baby” weighing 17 lb (8 kg)
In 2005, Franasca dos Santos gave birth to a 17-kilogram baby by caesarean section in a hospital in Salvador, Brazil
Franasca was 38 years old when her son was born
Doctors at the hospital thought his unusual size was due to his mother’s diabetes
Baby Ademilton dos Santos is the heaviest baby ever born in Brazil
4 A Russian mother gave birth to a “giant” baby
Tatyana Khalina, 43, gave birth in September 2004 to a baby weighing 17 pounds, 5 ounces
She gave birth by caesarean section in a hospital in the Altai region of Siberia
In September 2009, parents Hananudlin and Ani welcomed a baby boy weighing 19 pounds, 2 ounces
His mother Ani, who had diabetes, endured a complicated 40-minute caesarean delivery
She was 41 years old when her son was born
2 Carmelina Fedele – gave birth to the heaviest child, weighing 102 kg
In 1955, Carmelina Fedele gave birth to a boy who weighed 22 pounds, 8 ounces
She was born in Aversa, Italy
Her baby is the heaviest baby ever born
This baby made it into the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the heaviest babies ever born in the world
1 Anna Bates – gave birth to a 28-inch-long baby
In 1879, a Canadian woman named Anna Bates gave birth to a boy who weighed 998 kg (22 pounds) and measured 28 inches in length
She gave birth naturally at her home in Ohio, USA
According to Guinness World Records, Anna Bates herself was 7 feet 11 inches tall
This baby entered the Guinness Book of Records as one of the largest newborns in the world