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It’s a girl: Edmonton’s 2020 New Year’s baby born at Grey Nuns Community Hospital

It’s a girl: Edmonton’s 2020 New Year’s baby born at Grey Nuns Community Hospital

By Posted January 1, 2020 10:56 am, Updated January 2, 2020 10:14 am, Global News, https://globalnews.ca/news/635...2020-new-years-baby/

It’s a special honour for one growing family at the start of a new year — having the New Year’s baby.

For 2020, the first baby born in Edmonton was a girl, arriving at Grey Nuns Community Hospital at 12:36 a.m.

Madylin Joanne Lesley Baker, weighing 7-pounds-4-ounces, was born to Jayden and Bailey Baker, from Edmonton.

https://shawglobalnews.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/img_0239.jpg?quality=70&strip=all&w=720Madylin Joanne Lesley Baker was born at 12:36 a.m. Dean Twardzik, Global News

The Baker’s first child, Madylin’s original due date was also set to be a special day.

“We were due Christmas Day,” Bailey said. “She decided to wait, and make an even bigger surprise by making it another holiday.”

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Bailey said she began contractions at 4 a.m. on Dec. 31. They had just made plans for New Year’s Eve the night before, with plans for induction set for the morning of Jan. 1.

“[I] wasn’t expecting [her] to be the New Year’s baby,” Bailey said, who added that she and Jayden had been keeping their plans fluid throughout the holidays in hopes of Madylin’s arrival.

“This whole Christmas season we were living day to day with our plans,” she said. “We didn’t make Christmas dinner, we didn’t really attend much.”

The family of three is expected to be released from hospital on Thursday, giving the new parents some time to learn the ropes.

“She’s a pooping machine,” said Jayden “I’ve changed at least 10 diapers… I’ve never changed any before.”

READ MORE: ‘It means a lot to me’: Edmonton’s New Year’s baby for 2019 is a girl

Around 6,300 babies are born each year at Grey Nuns.

Covenant Health said that one in five babies in the province are born at their Catholic healthcare sites.

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