Wow! Surely such a sensation should spread across all media? The answer to this question is both sobering and banal.
We received inquiries about an article claiming that a 300kg woman gave birth to a 20kg baby.
It's about this story including pictures:

Image in plain text:
A woman weighing 300 kg gives birth to a child weighing 20 kg
Perth / A 300kg woman has given birth to a 20kg baby at Perth's King Edward Memorial Hospital, a record-breaking weight that could make the newborn the largest baby ever born, reports...
Hmm, wait… that sounds very familiar? Correct! In December 2016 we had the same story on the table, just with slightly different numbers. At that time it was a woman weighing 250 kg who gave birth to a baby weighing 18 kg. However, the story and the images are the same.
But of course the story has existed for much longer . It's easy to answer why the story isn't on everyone's lips and in all the media: This didn't happen at all.
If you take a closer look at the website from above, you will quickly see that it is “satire”. It's at the top left. Satire is an art form that criticizes, mocks or denounces people, events or conditions. A typical stylistic device in satire is exaggeration. And this is exaggerated on a grand scale!
If you then look at other content on the site, it quickly becomes clear that you have landed in the paradise of “fake news”. Many faces we know are also abused in made-up stories and have nothing to do with the actual story behind the picture.
So who are we really seeing here?
According to 'Thats Fake', the myth of the record-breaking 40 pound (18.2 kg) baby was born via the satirical site ' World News Daily Report' . But in fact, the supposed mother and the magnificent baby have nothing in common, apart from their remarkable body mass.
According to 'Daily Mail UK', Christina was from the US (not Australia), was 23 at the time and appeared on TV in 2014 wanting to lose weight and lead a normal life following bypass surgery.
The baby attached to her is called Nadia and was born on September 26, 2007 in Barnaul, Siberia, weighing 7.75 kg (17.1 lbs) (not 18 kg or even), 'BBC UK' and 'The Daily Top' 20). Which, admittedly, is still a tall order!
The woman and child are therefore neither related to each other, nor is the baby's true birth weight correct.
A rehashed hoax, then.
Result:
It's a hoax. The woman and child are not related and the baby's birth weight is around 7 kg.
The story lives on as a satire on the World Wide Web.
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