A newborn baby in Kisaran, Indonesia drew big crowds of people who wanted to get a glimpse of the heaviest baby ever to be born in Indonesia. Named, Akbar, which means "Great" in Arabic, was born from a cesarean section weighing in at 19.2 pounds. He was born on September 21, 2009 and doctors say that his size is related to the amount of glucose in the uterus of his mother. His mom is a diabetic, so she has extremely high levels of glucose in her body. Both the baby and the mother are healthy and happy, after the 45 minute C-section. 
You can see this picture at: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view/20090925giant_baby_draws_spectators_to_indonesian_hospital/The only problem now is that his father is worried that he will not be able to afford to feed his son, because he will not stop eating. Even though that pressure is now placed upon him, he is still very happy that his family is healthy and happy!
Akbar is not the worlds heaviest baby, Guinness World Records list the heaviest baby at 23.75 pounds born in the United States in 1879.
I can't imagine....will he ever be really healthy at that beginning weight?
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