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New-born baby weighs more than 13 pounds

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BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A 29-year-old woman in Zimbabwe has given birth to a baby boy weighing more than 13 pounds, the Harare Chronicle reported Wednesday.

The medical staff at the hospital in Bulawayo was stunned by the new arrival's weight -- nearly twice the average weight of newborns. The mother, Onicah Ndlovu, delivered by caesarian section.

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The mother said she was very happy her baby is healthy, but noted his hearty appetite.

"I cannot believe how big this baby is. So far, I have spent most of the day breastfeeding him. In the ninth month of my pregnancy, I was so big I couldn't move around. Some people actually thought that I was going to give birth to twins," she said.

Ndlovu has two other children. She said her first-born, who is 9 years old, weighed nearly 9 pounds at birth while the second, a daughter, weighed about 6.6 pounds.

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