Mother Gives Birth to 13-pound, 10-ounce Baby

Yvette Camberos Hernandez of Bell Gardens, Calif., gave birth to a 13-pound, 10-ounce baby girl at Whittier Hospital Medical Center over Memorial Day weekend via C-section.

The hospital announced that the girl, named Kaelyn, is the largest baby to be born under their watch, according to Daily Mail.

Delivered on May 24, the newborn is nearly twice the size of the average baby, despite the fact that she was born a week early.

As of Sunday, the medical center reported that “Mom and baby are resting comfortably in the hospital’s (obstetrics) unit,” according to a local Fox station.

This is Hernandez’s third child.

And while the baby may be the largest born at Whittier Hospital, just last month doctors from the United Kingdom reported that the second largest baby in the nation to be born vaginally arrived at 15 pounds, 7 ounces.

The child, name George King, reportedly became stuck during the delivery, at which point “it got really scary,” the boy’s mom, Jade, told the BBC.

Because no one knew he would be so big, doctors struggled to deliver him; in all, George went without oxygen for a total of five minutes and was given a 10 percent chance of survival.

"He's a little miracle -- well, a big miracle, really," Jade said about the baby who, in the end, survived the experience, though doctors report that he may suffer from learning difficulties due to the complications.

Ultimately, George was transferred to St. Michael's Hospital in Bristol and was kept there for four and a half weeks.

According to Jade, George immediately began wearing his 3-to-6 month clothes.

Neither baby, however, compares to the world's largest which, Guinness World Records reports, weighed a total of 23 pounds, 12 ounces at birth. It was delivered in 1879 in Canada to a woman named Anna Bates.

To see an image of the baby born in California, click here.