Newborn baby Maria Lorena Marin was born at the Hospital Marina Salud in Denia, eastern Spain. Photograph: Handout/ReutersMaria Lorena Marin is only a couple days old, but she is already causing a stir around the globe. Weighing in at 13lb 7oz (6.095kg) and born to British mother Maxime Marin, baby Maria is the biggest to be delivered naturally in Spain.
She arrived yesterday morning at the Hospital Marina Salud in the Mediterranean city of Denia following a five-hour labour. Her mother refused pain relief during the delivery.
NHS data shows that between 2011 and 2012 only 0.2% of babies born in England weighed more than 11lb. This year, a woman in California gave birth to a child weighing even more than Maria. Jayden Sigler was 13lb 14oz when he was delivered by caesarean section.
George King became one of the heaviest babies born naturally in England when he was delivered this year weighing in at 15lb 7oz (7.002kg).
The average weight of all 577,616 babies born in England in 2011 was 7lb 8oz – excluding those born as twins or triplets, who tend to have lower birth weights, according to data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Almost two-thirds of babies born in England and Wales in 2010 weighed between 6lb 9oz and 8lb 13oz, according to Office for National Statistics figures. Of the 700,000 children born during that year, more than 460,000 were in this range.
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