A 38-year-old woman gave birth to a 5.2kg baby through normal delivery at the Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital (KGH) for Women and Children.
S. Vijaya, director of the Institute of Social Obstetrics and KGH, said this was the second child for the woman. Her first child, a boy, who was born 10 years ago, weighed 3.9kg.
“The mother had no complications. We estimated that the weight of the baby will be around 4.5 kg. She delivered a boy on November 28. It was only then that we found that he weighed 5.2kg,” she said. Doctors kept the baby under observation to check for complications. The baby was healthy and doing well, she added.
Three years ago, a mother delivered a baby weighing 4.8kg through normal delivery at the hospital, she added.