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Woman gives birth to son weighing nearly 14 pounds

SAN DIEGO -- A Southern California woman said doctors predicted she would give birth to a big baby boy, but nobody was prepared for just how big.

Jayden Sigler weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces, when the healthy boy was delivered Thursday by cesarean section, the North County Times reported Saturday.

Doctors estimated that Jayden would weigh about 11 pounds, mother Cynthia Sigler told the newspaper.

Dr. Jerald White, who delivered the baby at Tri-City Medical Center, said Jayden was the biggest of the 20,000 newborns he has helped usher into the world since he started in 1961.

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