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Sunday, March 20, 2011

What a whopper! Britain's biggest ever baby girl welcomed to the world in just six hours weighing 12lbs 8oz

A woman has given birth to the biggest ever baby girl, coming in at a whopping 12lbs 8oz.

Pictured here next to her cousin Thomas - who is actually younger than her - baby Libby, from Wigan, is twice the size of the average newborn.

The youngster, who has three older brothers, was born after a surprisingly short labour of just six hours.

Proud grandma: Huge baby Libby next to her tiny cousin Thomas showing just how big she is

Proud grandma: Huge baby Libby next to her tiny cousin Thomas showing just how big she is

Mum and dad Gemma and Ian Woods were over the moon to finally have a long-awaited daughter in their family but weren't quite expecting such a large baby.

Not only was it a relatively short labour, but brave mum Gemma, 28, had a natural birth and opted only for gas and air pain relief.

'I just couldn't believe it when the midwife told me the weight - I thought I was hearing things,' she told the Sunday Mirror.

Proud family: Gemma with daughter Libby, husband Andy and their three sons Dylan, Liam and Josh
Libby was born in October and was the biggest girl ever to be born in Britain

Libby poses with her mum, Gemma, dad Ian and big brothers Dylan Liam and Josh. She was born in October and is believed to be the biggest girl ever to be born in Britain

'When she was two weeks old we took a photograph of her next to my nephew Thomas, who was born three weeks early.

'He weighted 6lb 13oz - and she absolutely dwarfed him.'

The heaviest baby ever born was in January 1979 when Anna Bates gave birth in Ohio to a boy that weighed 23lb 12ozs but he died 11 hours later.

The heaviest surviving newborn was in Aversa, Italy, in September 1955 which weighed 22lb 8oz.

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