BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Woman’s Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2026 just after midnight.
Baby Blossom was born at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, marking the hospital’s first delivery of the year. Proud parents Gabrielle and Gerard welcomed their baby girl. She weighed 6 pounds, 3.8 ounces, and was 19 inches long. Hospital officials said both mother and baby are doing well.
To celebrate the milestone, Woman’s Hospital gave the family a gift basket. It had books, baby essentials, and a special “New Year Baby” onesie.
With about 8,000 babies born each year at Woman’s, hospital leaders said Baby Blossom is just the first of many special arrivals expected in 2026.
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Since it opened in 1968, Woman’s Hospital has delivered over 406,000 babies. This continues a nearly 60-year tradition of caring for mothers and newborns in Louisiana…