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Emily Record with her new bundle of joy, Cheyenne at the Whittington Hospital |
New year and new babies to delight mums
‘I expected to spend New Year relaxing – but instead I was giving birth!’ It’s a busy start to 2009 for hospitals staff
SHE wasn’t due for another three weeks. But Sharon Melbourne’s baby girl couldn’t wait to see in the New Year.
Tashauna, was born at the Whittington Hospital in the early hours of 2009.
She weighed in at 7lb 3oz at 3.38am, and was one of four New Year babies born at the hospital.
Sharon, 32, from Cornwall Road, Tottenham, said her baby hadn’t been due until January 26.
“I expected to spend the New Year relaxing at home – but instead I was giving birth,” she said.
Sharon has three other children, aged from eight to 13 – Tanesha, Cornell and Corey.
Another girl was born just before 7am to proud Holloway mum Emily Record, of Berriman Road. Emily, 21, works as a staff supervisor for a care agency and also as a health care assistant. Baby Cheyenne, weighing 8lb, is her second child, a sister for three-year-old Rebecca.
Meanwhile, over at University College London Hospital in Euston, one mother was attempting to deliver a baby that was in no hurry to come out.
Baby Oluwaremi, already known as Remi by his parents, waited a whole 12 days before making an appearance – he was due on December 19 – and even then he had to be induced and ultimately delivered by caesarian.
His parents, Augusta Ahazie-Shittu and Toba Shittu, who live in Essex Road, Islington, said they were delighted with his New Year birthday. We think he waited to make an entrance,” said Mrs Ahazie-Shittu, 28, a teacher at Mount Carmel Technology College in Archway.
“But it’s really nice – you all want change for the new year and we’ve got ours on the first day.”
Mr Shittu, who works in IT, added: “We start the new year as a family rather than a couple.”
And they weren’t the only ones celebrating. Remi was one of six babies born on January 1 at UCLH’s new labour ward, opened along with the Bloomsbury Birth Centre on November 4.
Debby Gould, head of midwifery, said of the new £70million Elizabeth Garrett Anderson wing: “It’s made a real difference.” |
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