A new record is said to have been made in New Zealand where a newborn baby weighed a whopping 6.85 kilogrammes. The weight is double the size of a usual newborn as the weight of a New Zealand newborn baby is between 3.2 and 3.5 kilogrammes. The weight is almost equivalent to the weight of an average 4-month-old baby.

According to the New Zealand Herald, the baby was born on Dec 1 at Waikato Hospital. The report mentioned that the baby was born through a Caesarean section and is now at home with the family. Parents of the child refused to comment, but the report by the Herald suggested that the child was the mother's third.

Mary Anne Gill, the communications director of the Waikato District Health Board, said that the hospital was not permitted to comment on a baby that was born with that weight.

When the baby was born, the mother's midwife posted a message of Facebook welcoming the baby. In her post, she mentioned that the weight of the baby had to be a New Zealand record. The move by the midwife is considered a breach of privacy, reported stuff.co.nz.

The earlier record for the infant being born heavy was 6.63 kilogrammes. The infant was named Angelani and was born to Tongan parents is 2005.

Dr Jon Wilcox, an Auckland-based GP, said that in his 30 years' experience of delivering babies, the heaviest baby he had delivered was 5 kilogrammes. He said that 6.84 kilogrammes was massive for a newborn, and it could be the biggest baby born in New Zealand. He added that anyone that weighed over 4 kilogrammes is considered big. He also said that because of health risks, bigger babies are treated with as much care as premature babies.

According to a study, 78.9 percent of the babies born in New Zealand are said to have an approximate weight between 2.5 kilogrammes and 4 kilogrammes. The study tracked 7,000 babies who were born in 2009 and 2010. The study found that 16.2 percent of the babies had a weight of over 4 kilogrammes and 4.9 percent had a weight of less than 2.5 kilogrammes.