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Welcome to the world Leaplings! Boston hospitals deliver leap year babies

Welcome to the world Leaplings! Boston hospitals deliver leap year babies Welcome to the world Leaplings! Boston hospitals deliver leap year babies

BOSTON — Welcome to the world! Several hospitals across Boston welcomed many Leap Day babies on February 29th.

The chances of being born on a leap year are 1 in 1,461.

Hosptails including Tufts Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Salem Hospital, and Mass General for Children all welcomed leap day babies.

A leap day falls once every four years. Less than .1% of the world’s population are born on Feb. 29.

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