14 lbs baby born

July 16, 2005

CORBIN, Ky. (AP) -- A hospital official in Kentucky says a baby girl born Tuesday weighed 14 pounds and three ounces.The National Center for Health Statistics says less than one percent of babies weigh more than eleven pounds at birth.

A nurse at the hospital says the girl was born by Caesarean section and appeared healthy. She says the baby went home Friday.

The birth of the large infant comes a month after a 13-pound, 12-ounce girl was born in Wisconsin.