India's second heaviest newborn weighs 5.6 kg

NEW DELHI, Feb 7, 2011(TNN): A 30-year-old woman who arrived at the Noida District Hospital in advanced labour, with the head of the baby jutting out, has delivered a boy weighing 5.6kg. Baby Shaheen Iqbal, who is 60cm tall, is possibly the second heaviest newborn ever in India. Incredibly, it was a normal birth.

A team of three doctors, including an anesthetist, used special manoeuvres during a three-hour procedure to pull the baby out. The mother, Sanjeeda, was admitted at 11.30am on Friday and she delivered at 2.30pm. It was her fourth child.

Shaheen missed the title of being India's heaviest newborn by just 100 grams. India's heaviest baby was a baby girl born in Surat last year. She weighed 5.7kg. The normal weight of an Indian newborn is between 2.5 and 3.5kg.

"We had to be extremely careful in pulling out a baby with such big shoulders. When Sanjeeda reached hospital, the baby's head was visible. We had no time to prepare for an operation," said senior gynaecologist Shweta Mohanty.

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