14-pound baby delivered without C-section in US (Video)

14-pound baby Asher Stewardson | Photo credit: Ch13

A nearly 14-pound baby boy was born in the United States on Thursday.

What's more amazing about the ~ 14-pound baby is that he is au naturel, he was born naturally via normal vaginal delivery. His mother endured six hours of labor without C-section, not even epidural injection.

"We wanted to avoid a C-section because that would have not been good for me or the baby," mom Kendall Stewardson said. "We didn't want to forfeit the best possible outcome."

Weighing 13 pounds and 12 ounces and measuring 23 ½ inches long upon birth, baby Asher Stewardson was born at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa Thursday. He is believed to be the biggest baby ever born at the hospital without a surgical delivery. Fifteen months ago, his brother, Judah, arrived weighing 12 pounds and an ounce at birth.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 2 in 5 births are in the 6.5- to 7.5-pound range. Only 1 in 1,000 newborns weighs more than 11 pounds.

The heaviest baby born to a healthy mother weighed 22 pounds and 8 ounces, according to the Guiness World Records. He was born in September 1955 in Aversa, Italy.

Check out this video report about baby Asher courtesy of Ch.13 News: