A baby of 8.7 kg at birth in Indonesia

JAKARTA - A baby of 8.7 kg at birth has become an attraction in Indonesia, where dozens of people rushing to try to see the child who "continues to ask for food", according to his mother.

•     The curious people flocked to the public hospital of Kisaran, a city in northern Sumatra, where was born Monday by Caesarean section, Muhammad Akbar Risuddin.
  
      "I am really very happy. It is a gift of God ...", said his mother, Ani, 41.
  
      "My baby is always hungry. My milk is not enough. We must also give him the bottle," she said, interviewed by phone from her hospital bed where she is recovering from the difficulties of childbirth.
  
      Ani said " never imagined being pregnant of such a baby", who measured 62 cm at birth, and thought "waiting for twins."
  
      Doctors believe that the extraordinary weight of Muhammad may be linked to diabetes affecting the mother, resulting in an overdose of glucose to the baby.
  
      Ani, who has two children born of normal size, testified that she suffered from fatigue and breathing problems during her pregnancy." At the 8th month, it became very painful. I often cried when I sit or stand for the movement prevented me from breathing.
  
      Muhammad is the biggest baby ever born in Indonesia (235 million inhabitants). The precedent was established in 2007 with a weight of 6.9 kilograms, according to the hospital.
  
      
  Ennaharonline/ M. O.