Boston Hospitals Welcome the First 3 Babies of 2024 — All Born Exactly at Midnight!

Three baby girls were born exactly at midnight on Monday, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Three baby girls born exactly at midnight in Boston on Jan. 1, 2024.

These parents had an extra-sweet New Year as they rang in 2024 with new babies!
As people around the world counted down to midnight, two hospitals in Boston — Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — welcomed the first three babies of 2024: all girls, and all born exactly at midnight on Jan. 1, 2024.

Margarita and Roberto of Dorchester welcomed 6-lb., 5-oz. Selena at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which marks the third year in a row that one of the first babies of the new year was born there.

According to a press release shared by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, “All are doing great and resting comfortably.”

Baby Selena with parents Roberto and Margarita at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL
Meanwhile, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center was the birthplace of two healthy little girls.

Eileen and Andrew DeRoma of Canton welcomed 7-lb., 15-oz. Emily, who joins older sisters Haylee, 4, and Kelsey, 3.
Last but not least, Min Li and Huaien Wang of Quincy became parents to Ophelia, who weighed 6 lbs., 8 oz.

Baby Emily at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.COURTESY OF BETHISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
According to a release, the local Boston hospitals take New Year’s babies very seriously.

The Public Affairs offices at Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Tufts Medical Center and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center stay in close contact as the clock strikes midnight to “determine which Boston hospital earns the honor of welcoming the first baby in 2024.”

Meanwhile, several other cities in the United States welcomed New Year’s babies, including a set of twins born in North Carolina.

Baby Ophelia with parents Min Li and Huaien Wang at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.COURTESY OF BETHISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER

Globally, the first South Korean baby of the New Year was a boy born to parents Lee Ju-hong and Im A-yeon, who struggled with infertility for over a decade, per The Korea Herald.
“[Our baby’s birth] is even more special because we’ve been married since June 2016, and had him through in vitro fertilization,” Im said, per the publication.
Im added, “We sincerely wish the best for all the couples with fertility issues across the country.”