A British woman has given birth to the heaviest baby ever delivered naturally in Spain, a girl weighing 6.2kg (13lbs 11oz). Maxime Marin, 40, gave birth at Hospital Marina Salud in Denia, Alicante, in what doctors described as an 'uncomplicated' delivery.
Ms Marin, who lives in Spain with her Colombian partner, said she knew the baby would be large 'but not that big'. She added: 'I did not even need an epidural.' Both mother and baby, named Maria Lorena, are believed to be doing well, although the newborn remains in the neonatal care unit.
Dr Javier Rius, head of obstetrics and gynaecology at the hospital, said: 'In my 40-year professional career I have never known of any case of a birth with this weight by natural childbirth. We are all very satisfied with the work which we carried out.'
Ms Marin's three other children all weighed at least 4.5kg (9lbs 14oz) at birth. The world's heaviest baby, according to Guinness World Records, was born to Anna Bates of Canada in 1879, weighing 10.5kg (23lbs 2oz), but died 11 hours after birth.
