That Baby Annan was the topic of conversation in the maternity ward of the St. Joseph’s Hospital-Swouth does not have to be surprised: it is perhaps the toughest child ever born.
Hines himself did not wonder too much at first, although she experienced a strange feeling during the caesarean section, a different experience than during the birth of her other son Andre Jr., who at birth with his 5.4 kilograms also attracted the necessary attention. “I remember thinking: what are they getting out of me? What is going on here?” I felt so much pressure, “Hines tells the American news channel NBC.
A possible explanation for the size of the baby can be found at Hines itself. In her, gestational diabetes was determined, which can sometimes lead to unusually heavy babies. Immediately also the reason why the sugar values of the American good were monitored.
Unfortunately – or luckily? – For Hines, Annan is not the toughest baby ever born. If we include the Guinness Book of Records, then Annan with his 6.425 kilograms does not even come close. The Italian Carmelina Fedele put a baby in the world of no less than … 10.2 kilograms in 1955.
To what extent this world record is stuck in stone is still to be seen. According to the organization itself, there are too few documents that can confirm the record with certainty.