Meet B.C.’s first New Years babies born in Vancouver and Surrey
Posted January 2, 2021 2:58 am.
Last Updated January 2, 2021 8:29 am.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Bring on the babies, 2021. A little girl born in Vancouver was B.C.’s first baby of the New Year.
The seven pound, four ounce bundle of joy came into the world at 12:21 a.m. New Year’s Day at BC Women’s Hospital.
However, the still unnamed baby girl was actually a late arrival, originally due Christmas according to her mother Catherine Harrison.
“We spent most of the day at B.C. Women’s kind of labouring through and actually having an unplanned C-section just after midnight.”
Curious about the times #NewYears were born across Canada?
-Montreal’s Arthur was 1st, not long after midnight,
-Toronto’s Thomas arrived at 48 seconds after midnight,
-A yet-to-be-named girl was born at #BC Women’s Hospital at 12:21 a.m. Here’s a photo of the family. Congrats! pic.twitter.com/5eFzSRMFsL— Ria Renouf (@riarenouf) January 1, 2021
Harrison wasn’t expecting her new baby to come with the title and as for giving birth during a pandemic, she was unfazed.
“You know what? I think so many of these medical programs are just so dialed on their protocol to keep you comfortable; that they’re being safe with you and vice-versa.”
But shortly after Christine and Darcy welcomed their first child another new baby was right behind them.
Just eight minutes later in the Fraser Health Region another baby girl, Rehmat Pangli, was born at 12:29 a.m.
It’s a girl! The first New Year’s baby in Fraser Health is a girl born at 12:29 a.m. at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Rehmat Pangli weighed in at 3,215 grams, or 7 lbs. 1 oz. Welcome Rehmat!#HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/byvIaLSFrs
— Fraser Health (@Fraserhealth) January 1, 2021
Across the country, a baby born in a Montreal hospital may have been the first Canadian newborn of 2021.
The Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital says a boy named Arthur was born precisely at midnight on January 1.
He came into the world weighing in at seven pounds and four ounces, is the first child for parents Genevieve Beaulieu and Logan Allen.
Less than a minute later, another New Year’s baby arrived in Toronto.
The Humber River Hospital in Toronto says in a post on Twitter that parents Bich Phuy and Patrick welcomed baby Thomas 48 seconds after midnight.
Congratulations again to first-time parents Thuy and Patrick who welcomed their son Thomas at exactly 12:00:48 a.m., just in time to ring in the #NewYear! And congratulations to all parents who welcomed their #NewYearsBabies today! pic.twitter.com/7I9zFHwHVh
— Humber River Hospital (@HRHospital) January 1, 2021
The hospital says the whole family is happy and healthy.
But, Baby Arthur had close local competition for first newborn of the year.
At 12:01 and 10 seconds, Lara Michelle Adaszkiewicz was born to Aleksandra Modelewska and Martin Adaszkiewicz at the McGill University Health Centre, also in Montreal.
The first baby of the year #2021 born at @cusm_muhc is a girl! Welcome to Lara Michelle Adaszkiewicz, born at 00:01 and 10 sec, weighing 8.9 lb. #Congratulations to the parents, Aleksandra Modelewska and Martin Adaszkiewicz and #thankyou to the #MUHC team!https://t.co/NjXFcRgxWh pic.twitter.com/pmxTX13omT
— Centre universitaire de santé McGill (@cusm_muhc) January 1, 2021
The Montfort hospital in Ottawa reported the region’s first baby of 2021 arrived at nine minutes after midnight. Harlow Winter Margaret Bianco is the fifth child for parents Brandy McCann and Bruce Bianco.
-With files from The Canadian Press, Tamara Slobogean and Ria Renouf
