Daniella Hines got more than just a surprise in the delivery room, she got a big one: a baby boy tipping the scales at 13 pounds , 15 ounces, nearly twice the size of an average newborn.

“He was the talk of the maternity ward!” Hines, 40, tells TODAY.com of her son Annan, born Sept. 3 at BayCare’s St. Joseph Hospital-South in Riverview, Florida, just south of Tampa. According to the hospital's media relations department, he is believed to be the largest baby ever delivered there.

The entrepreneur and her husband, Andre Sr., are both tall. She’s 6 feet, and he edges her out by two inches, and she suspects genetics played a role in Annan's size.

While Hines was diagnosed with gestational diabetes during her pregnancy, she says her glucose levels were strictly controlled, an importa

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