Oh baby! Mother gives birth to 13- pound girl in Germany

(CNN) -- One of the heaviest babies ever
born in Germany was born last week at
the University Hospital Leipzig
The baby girl, Jasleen, weighed a
whopping 13.47 pounds and measured
nearly 23 inches long.
She was born vaginally, not via a C-
section, according to a hospital statement.
"We anticipated that the child would be
big," said Holger Stepan, chief of
obstetrics. "We prepared in advance by
assembling a special team (of doctors and
midwives) to be ready for any possible
complications."
He said he'd never before helped in the
birth of such a heavy baby.
The girl's mother suffered from
gestational diabetes, which, when
untreated or uncontrolled, can cause
babies to be born larger than normal.
Her condition was not discovered until
the mother checked herself into the
hospital while in labor. She had not
previously been a patient there.
The hospital said both mother and child
are well.
According to the website for Guinness
World Records, the heaviest baby --
weighing in at more than 23 pounds --
was born in Seville, Ohio, on January 19,
1879. He died 11 hours later.