German Mother Delivers 13-Pound Baby Girl Without C-Section

In a remarkable birth in Leipzig, Germany, a mother delivered a 13.47-pound baby girl named Jasleen — measuring nearly 23 inches long — without undergoing a C-section. (July 29, 2013)

According to the hospital, the mother arrived in labor and was found to have undiagnosed gestational diabetes, a condition that can lead to unusually large babies if untreated.

“We anticipated the child would be big,” said Holger Stepan, chief of obstetrics. “We assembled a special team of doctors and midwives to be prepared for any possible complications.” Stepan noted he had never before assisted in the birth of such a heavy baby.

Jasleen’s extraordinary size places her among the largest newborns in Germany, though far from the Guinness World Record — held by a baby born in Seville, Ohio, in 1879, who weighed more than 23 pounds but survived only 11 hours.
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