The Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mount Hope recorded the birth of T&T’s first Christmas baby 2017 when Jelysia Hall gave birth to a bouncing baby boy at 12.13 am yesterday.
The second, also born at Mount Hope, followed a few hours later at 3.45 am when Nnakeda Kenedy gave birth.
At the San Fernando General Hospital, five babies were born.
The first to Alyssa Edward, of Palo Seco, was a baby boy, who weighed nine pounds five ounces/ He was due last week Monday but Edwards said on Christmas Eve night, at the height of the seasonal preparations, she began having labour pains.
Bags were already packed but the new mother admitted that the drive to the hospital was filled with trepidation. Five hours later, at 4.12 am, her son was safely delivered.
“Now I am looking forward to enjoying my baby,” Edwards said.
Two hours after this birth, Aneika Phillip also gave birth to a baby boy who weighed 3.56 kilogrammes.
This was followed by teenager Kelly Collymore who also had a baby boy. Collymore said it was her first child and she was surprised that he arrived on Christmas Day.
“I was expecting him to come on January 4, but he came earlier than expected,” she said.
Nikibah Myler also had a baby boy. “I am tired but this is my first baby and I felt happy to hear my family singing happy birthday for him,” she said.
Myler said the delivery was exhausting but she felt comfortable now that her baby is safe and happy.
The fifth baby, a girl, was delivered via caesarian section to registered nurse Giselle Cummings.
Meanwhile, at the Sangre Grande District Hospital, Shanna Forrester-Le Sendre was the first mother to give birth on Christmas Day. Her healthy baby boy weighed five pounds. Ronald Tsoi a-Fatt, Chief Executive Officer, presented the mother with a hamper filled with baby products and congratulated her on the new addition to her family.
Forrester-Le Sendre, of Arouca, thanked the Maternity Ward staff saying she was pleased with the service at the hospital.