Mum in central China gives birth to 7kg baby

In this image made on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012, from CCTV television, a 7kg baby named Chun Chun, is washed by a nurse at Xinxiang Maternity Hospital, in Xinxiang city, Henan province, China. A mother in central China gave birth to the baby on Saturday, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949. -- PHOTO: AP

BEIJING (AP) - A mother in central China has given birth to a 7kg baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949.

The state-run Tianjin Post said on Tuesday that the 29-year-old mother in Henan province gave birth to the boy on Saturday by Cesarean section. It said delivery took just 20 minutes and both mother and the baby, named Chun Chun, are doing fine.

The paper said Chun Chun's parents are average size and there was nothing unusual about his mother's pregnancy or diet.

The paper said it wasn't immediately clear whether Chun Chun made China's record books.

Source: The Straits Times