Amazing Baby Records

Poland's Joanna Krzysztonek lay nearly upside down in a Warsaw hospital for about 75 days in order to bring premature babies Iga and Ignacy into the world. The two were part of a set of triplets, but the first one died just after birth. After the first baby was born, doctors managed to subdue Krzysztonek's contractions, but still needed to keep her in the uncomfortable position to keep the other two babies from being delivered too early and facing the same fate as their sibling.

Compare those 75 days to a typical delivery, which lasts around eight to 12 hours, and the enormity of her ordeal becomes even more clear. Iga and Ignacy were ultimately delivered at 32 weeks, and while they were monitored after birth, docs said they fully expected the newborns to leave the hospital as healthy babies.

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Most mothers would be envious of Palak Vyas, whose delivery of baby girl Vedika lasted a mere two minutes. While Vyas first pregnancy wasn’t exactly a marathon either (just an hour), Vedika’s entry into the world was so quick, her mother barely had time to walk from the bathroom back to her hospital bed after the water broke, according to The Daily Mail.

Back in 1879, Anna Bates gave birth to the longest and heaviest baby in the world that Guinness has on record. The baby, born in Seville, Ohio, weighed in at 23 pounds, 12 ounces and measured 30 inches long. Sadly, the baby boy passed away just 11 hours after being born.

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In July 2002, Nisa Juarez of Minneapolis, Minn., was born 108 days premature. Amazingly, she measured just 9.44 inches long at birth. She had to stay hospitalized while she developed, but was eventually allowed to leave the hospital in December of that same year.

Born at Loyola University Medical Center in Illinois in 2004, Rumaisa Rahman weighed a mere 9.17 ounces at birth. She was in her mother’s womb for just over 25 weeks, and was 9.5 inches long. Although she needed to be monitored in the hospital for around five months, she was allowed to go home in February of 2005.

Louise Brown was a medical marvel when she was born to mom Lesley on July 25, 1978 in Lancashire, UK. The little girl—delivered by C-section and weighing a fairly normal 5 pounds, 12 ounces—was the first baby born successfully via conception outside the womb.

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It would be hard for Guinness to track “most hair” on a newborn baby, but Katie-Lee Webster’s moptop probably takes the cake. Born with a full head of spiky, red strands, she’s got the most amazing hair we’ve seen an infant sporting. Says her dad, Danny, according to The Daily Mail: "No one we've met has ever seen anything like it. We're forever being stopped in the street and asked, 'Is that a wig?'”

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Most babies are all gums, but Sean Keaney was a major exception when he was born in 1990. Teeth normally develop five to eight months after birth, but this little boy had 12 teeth from the start of his life, according to Guinness. They were taken out to prevent feeding difficulties, but his second full set of teeth grew in by 18 months old!

It’s uncommon, but not unheard of, for babies to arrive with an extra digit every now and then. However, one child from India was even more extraordinary. In 2010, as confirmed by doctors, Akshat Saxena was born with 14 fingers and 20 toes (7 fingers on each hand and 10 toes on each foot). Eventually, Akshat had surgery and now has just five fingers and toes per hand/foot.

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Most babies spend around 280 days in their mothers’ bellies, but Penny Diana spent a whopping 375 days in the womb before making her grand entrance in 1945. That’s over a year. (Can you imagine, moms?) Miraculously, the little girl was completely healthy and happy at birth.