Overview

• Born Sept. 3 at BayCare’s St. Joseph Hospital-South in Riverview, Florida, Annan weighed 13 pounds, 15 ounces, nearly double the average newborn.
• The hospital’s media office says he is believed to be the largest baby ever delivered there based on its records.
• Mother Daniella Hines described intense pressure during the C-section, a different experience from delivering her first son, who weighed 12 pounds, 11 ounces.
• Both parents are over six feet tall, and Hines’ gestational diabetes was kept under strict control during the pregnancy.
• The family says the newborn is home and doing well, with coverage noting rare comparisons such as a 16-pound birth in Brazil in 2023 and the 1955 Guinness record of 22 pounds, 8 ounces.