Doctor's shock as mother gives birth to baby weighing over 13lb

Now that's what you call hard labour.
A baby boy weighing nearly a stone has been born in the U.S. - and he was delivered naturally.
He was so big that the doctor delivering the baby even told the mother, 'Wait, I have to get my camera for this'.

Big baby: Jonathan Patrick was born weighing 13lb 2.6oz in Methuen, Boston. Mother Amanda Byron said it took breath away when she saw him

Mother Amanda Byron gave birth to 13lb 2.6oz Jonathan Patrick in Methuen, Massachusetts.

She had been told to prepare herself for a large baby when she went for her last ultrasound scan - but no one expected he would be quite that big.
'When he was first born, they plopped him right on me and it took my breath away in more than one way,' Miss Byron told the Boston Channel, adding that it only took 'ten minutes' for him to arrive.
Miss Byron's mother, Linda, said: 'I panicked when his head was out. I just wanted to yell at her push, push!'

Heavyweight: The doctors and nurses were all shocked by the size of the baby 

Shock: Miss Byron with Jonathan Patrick. She had been told to prepare herself for a large baby - but no one expected he would be quite that big 

Family: Miss Byron and the baby's father, Eric Rozzi, with their newborn. Visitors have quipped that the baby could grow up to be an American Football player

Jonathan Patrick was born at the Holy family Hospital on Thursday.
His father, Eric Rozzi, said: 'We've had a lot of nurses come by and say, "wow".
'We have had a lot of people come by and say, "He can be the next centre for the Celtics or a lineman for the Patriots",' he added.
The average birth weight for babies in America is 7.5lb  - so Jonathan Patrick is almost twice as heavy as your usual newborn.
However, he is still a way off beating the record.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, a baby boy weighing 23lb 12oz was born to a Canadian mother in 1879. He died after just 11 hours.



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