Some of the first babies of 2020 have been born in Illinois.
The earliest birth reported from a Chicago-area hospital happened at 12:16 a.m.
NorthShore Evanston Hospital said Sutton Lainey Domont was born to Ivy and Zach Domont of Glencoe just minutes after midnight. The family's third child weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby were said to be doing well.
Advocate Health Care also reported its first two babies of the new year early Wednesday morning.
Phillip Benjamin Brown was born at 12:58 a.m. at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago to parents Stephanie Travis and Benjamin Brown. He weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.
Phillip is the Chicago couple’s first baby.
Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest saw its first bith at 4:37 a.m.
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Adaiya Denise Epps was born to Diedra and Anthony Epps. She weighed 7 pounds and 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.
At Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women's Hospital, the first baby was born at 1:59 a.m.
Sloane Jade Gertler weighed 8 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 inches long.
At 3:28 a.m., Carson Serdar became the first baby born at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 20 inches long.
At Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, the first birth of 2020 was twice as special.
Twins Logan and Theodore Clarke were born one minute apart, at 5:17 and 5:18 a.m., to parents Sarah and Jim Clarke of Bloomingdale, the hospital said.
Logan weighed 4 pounds and 4 ounces and Theordore weighed 4 pounds and 6 ounces.
