Friday, May 20, 2011

15 lbs baby born in Bulgaria

A baby with a record weight of 7.1 kilograms, 15.65 pounds, or 1.12 stone, was born on Friday in the Bulgarian city of Burgas.

The boy was 55 centimeters, or 21.65 inches, long and was born to a women with diabetes.
The high content of sugar in the mother's blood, according to doctors, resulted in the record weight of the newborn.

The child was named Miglen and is the undisputed heavy weight champion of Bulgaria among newborns.

The previous record belonged to another child weighing 6 kilograms who was 57 centimeters long and was born in Pomerania in January.