Welcome to the world: 1st babies of 2024 born at Boston hospitals
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By Frank O'Laughlin
BOSTON — As Boston rang in the new year, the first three babies of 2024 were born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
All three baby girls were born exactly at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2024, according to the hospitals.
Baby Selena was born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to her mom, Margarita, and her dad, Roberto, of Dorchester. Selena weighed in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and all are said to be “doing great and resting comfortably.”
Selena’s birth marked the third year in a row that one of the first babies of the new year was born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the healthcare facility noted.
New Boston babies (Left to right: Baby Selena Margarita, baby Emily Margaret DeRoma, baby Ophelia (Courtesy photos))
Photo by Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Photo by Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In the photo (from left to right): dad Roberto, mom Margarita and baby Selena Margarita; Brigham and Women’s Hospital Labor & Delivery Nurses Tracey Holland, RN and Presley Silva, RN; Joan Hier, MD; and Kathleen Koenigs, MD.)
Photo by Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In the photo (from left to right): dad Roberto and mom Margarita holding baby Selena Margarita (Photo by Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In the photo (from left to right): dad Roberto and mom Margarita holding baby Selena Margarita)
Courtesy photo: Baby Ophelia ushered in the new year right at midnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (Courtesy photo: Baby Ophelia ushered in the new year right at midnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.)
Courtesy photo: Emily Margaret DeRoma entered the world at midnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (Courtesy photo: Emily Margaret DeRoma entered the world at midnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.)
Courtesy photo: Min Li and Huaien Wang welcomed Baby Ophelia at midnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. (Courtesy photo: Min Li and Huaien Wang welcomed Baby Ophelia at midnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.)
Over at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, two healthy baby girls also made their arrival to the world.
Emily Margaret weighed in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 20 ½ inches long. She is the third daughter of Eileen and Andrew DeRoma, of Canton, joining her older sisters 4-year-old Haylee and 3-year-old Kelsey.
Baby Ophelia weighed in at 6 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 ½ inches long. She is the first child of Min Li and Huaien Wang, of Quincy.