I love being on the African Assoc. email.  Hello to Felix.  I am "seeing"
folks, I haven't communicated with in years.

At 08:36 AM 2/26/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>An Egyptian woman has given birth to a boy weighing seven kilograms (15.2
>pounds) - twice the average weight of a newborn baby boy.
>
>He was delivered two weeks early by Caesarean section after doctors became
>alarmed at his size.
>
>The mother and the baby are in good health, and the boy's parents have
>decided to name him Kareem, the Arabic word for generous.
>
>The child was delivered by Dr Mohammed Saeed, who described the case as very
>unusual.
>
>"At 38 weeks I found that the baby weighed six kilograms so I decided to
>terminate the pregnancy. But I was surprised to see he actually weighed
>seven kilograms. This is very rare," Dr Saeed said.
>
>'God's will'
>
>The mother, Abeer Abdel-Razeq, denied taking hormones during her pregnancy.
>
>She could only explain the size of her baby as being God's will to
>compensate her for the loss of her first son, who died when he was just one
>day old.
>
>"I'm not sure what the reason for this is, but it was very obvious from the
>size, my abdomen was really huge," Mrs Abdel-Razeq said.
>
>There is a history of diabetes in Mrs Abdel-Razeq's family, which, Dr Saeed
>says, can sometimes lead to large babies.
>
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