Brazilian Woman Has Fourteen Pound Baby

Yesterday, we brought you the story about a 14-year-old Nepali boy is only 20 inches and wouldn't you know it - today, we a Brazilian woman who just had a 14-pound baby made news.

What's even more incredible is the baby girl measured 23.23 inches - over 3 inches taller than the 14-year-old boy in yesterday's story. The baby was born on Sunday and is actually not the largest baby born in Brazil by weight, a baby born in last year weighed 16 pounds, 11 ounces.

And according to Guinness World Records, the heaviest baby, born to a healthy mother in Italy, was a boy weighing 22 pounds, 8 ounces.

The baby is the first daughter for Elisa Maia dos Ribeiro, a 36-year-old housewife, who has already given birth to three boys. All weighing over 9 pounds at birth.

Doctors say it is likely because she is diabetic, as it is more common for women with diabetes to give birth to large babies.

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