Kisaran (Indonesia): Spectators flocked to an Indonesian hospital on Friday for a glimpse of a baby boy who weighed 19.2 pound (8.7 kilogram) at the time of his birth, about three times the weight of an average newborn.
The boy was born by cesarean section to a diabetic mother.
The delivery of Akbar Risuddin took 40 minutes and the operation was complicated because of his unusual weight and size. The mother and child were both in good condition, Dr Binsar Sitanggang said on Friday.
Crowds hoping to get a peek of the infant, who measured nearly 24 inches (62 centimeters) when he was born on Monday, gathered at the Abdul Manan hospital in the town of Kisaran, in the province of North Sumatra.
"He is greedy and has a strong appetite, nursing almost nonstop," Dr Sitanggang said.
Risuddin's weight was the result of excessive glucose from his mother during pregnancy, the doctor said.
Risuddin is the third child of father Muhammad Hasanuddin, 50, and mother Ani, 41. His two younger brothers weighed 11.6 pounds (5.3 kilograms) and 9.9 pounds (4.5 kilograms) at birth.
Guinness World Records cites the heaviest baby as being born in the US in 1879, weighing 23.75 pounds (10.4 kilograms). However, it died 11 hours after birth. The book also cites 22.5-pound (10.2-kilogram) babies born in Italy in 1955 and in South Africa in 1982.
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