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A mother in Indonesia gives birth to a 19-pound baby boy by Caesarean....19-pound boy Indonesian mom delivers a 2-foot-long; An Indonesian woman has given birth to a 19.2-pound boy, the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country. the heaviest newborn ever recorded in the country, a doctor said. The baby boy is pictured here next to a baby of average size at a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra.

A gynecologist who took part in the operation said the "special delivery" was no easy feat.

"This heavy baby made the surgery really tough, especially the process of taking him out of his (mother's) womb. His legs were so big," Binsar Sitanggang said.

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The boy's huge size was most likely the result of his 41-year-old mother having diabetes, Sitanggang said.

When a diabetic mother's glucose level is high during pregnancy, the baby can receive too much glucose and grow too large, gynecologists say.

The boy's mother had to be rushed to hospital because of complications with the pregnancy, which had reached nine months.

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