It is normal for babies to be born in the range of 55 pounds to 10 pounds
Admittedly, the majority of babies born each year fall within the normal weight range, while a very small proportion are either very small or very large
There are studies that show 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 the newborn
Below is a list of babies born well above the normal newborn weight range
The ten heaviest babies ever born
A teenager in India gives birth to a 15-pound baby
A 19-year-old woman named Nandini gave birth to a 15-pound, 244-inch baby girl in May 2016
She was delivered through a thirty-minute caesarean section at a government-run hospital in Karnataka, India
Mother Nandini weighed 207 pounds at the time of her daughter’s birth, and doctors feared that this would give her diabetes and affect the baby
The 15-pound 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 15-pound baby boy at Gloucester Royal Infirmary
According to the parents, because the doctors and his family were not aware of his size, the birth was difficult
Doctors gave him a ten percent chance of survival and he was transferred to St Michaels Hospital
8 The 16-pound 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 Otuhiwa in 2013
According to his mother, he was born early and doctors thought he would have weighed 18 pounds
Sammisano, 5 months old, weighed 25 pounds and has an insatiable hunger, according to his mother
7 A 16-pound baby boy was born in a Texas hospital
In 2011, Janet Johnson gave birth to a 16-pound, 24-inch-long baby boy at a hospital in Longview, Texas
He is the greatest child 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 height
6 A Cape Town woman gives birth to a 76 kg baby
In 2007, Kathleen Abels gave birth to a baby girl weighing 16 pounds 9 ounces at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town
According to the hospital staff, this was the largest baby ever born in this hospital
She gave birth to her baby Chesner naturally, and according to some news sources, the baby had a little trouble breathing, so she received help with breathing from the ward
5 A woman in Brazil has given birth to a ‘giant baby’ weighing 17 pounds (8 kg)
In 2005, Franasca dos Santos gave birth to a 17-pound baby by cesarean section at a hospital in El Salvador, Brazil
Franaska was 38 years old when her son was born
Doctors at the hospital believed his unusual size was due to his mother’s diabetes
Baby Ademilton dos Santos is the heaviest baby ever born in Brazil
4 Russian mother gives birth to a ‘giant’ baby
Tatyana Halina, 43, gave birth in September 2004 to a baby weighing 17 pounds, 5 ounces
She gave birth in a hospital in the Altai region of Siberia by caesarean section
In September 2009, parents Hananudlina and Ani welcomed a baby boy who weighed 19 pounds, 2 ounces
His mother, Ani, who had diabetes, underwent a complicated 40-minute cesarean delivery
She was 41 years old when her son was born
2 Carmelina Fedele – gave birth to the heaviest baby weighing 102 kg
In 1955, Carmelina Fedele gave birth to a boy who weighed 22 pounds, 8 ounces
She gave birth in Aversa, Italy
Her baby is the world’s heaviest baby on record
This baby has entered the Guinness Book of Records as one of the heaviest babies ever born in the world
1 Anna Bates – gave birth to the 28-inch baby
In 1879, a Canadian woman named Ann Bates gave birth to a boy who weighed 22 pounds (998 kg) and was 28 inches long
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