British national Maxine Marin, aged 40 years, has given birth to a baby girl weighing 6.20 kilos, the largest ever baby to be delivered in Spain by natural birth. All previous babies over 4.5 kilos have been delivered by Caesarean section.
Lorena was born at 04:43 on Wednesday morning at Denia Hospital, Alicante. There were no epidurals, the birth was completely natural and, according to the mother, the labour was ‘very easy’.
Both mother and baby are said to be doing very well.