Elgin Couple Has First Cook Co. Baby Of New Year

Kane County, IL – An Elgin welcomed the first baby born in Cook County in 2019. Yarehlie Nava was born to Maria Ramirez and Freddy Nava at 12:05 a.m. at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, hospital spokesman Timothy Nelson told Patch. She weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches in length.

The baby is Ramirez’s fifth child but her first girl. She was due on Dec. 29 – but decided to make her appearance a couple days later, according to the Chicago Tribune.

“I thought I could only have boys, so I wasn’t really setting my expectations too high for a girl,” Ramirez told the Chicago Tribune. “When I found out from the ultrasound, I was still not believing it. I was like, I’ll believe it the day she’s born — and here she is.”

A Geneva mom gave birth to the first baby born at Delnor Hospital in the New Year. Brady Sullivan was born to Megan and Patrick Sullivan at 12:17 a.m. on Jan. 1, according to Kara Spak, a manager for media relations at Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 5.7 ounces and measured 21 inches in length.

The first baby born at Central DuPage Hospital this New Year came at 12:23 a.m., Kim Waterman, spokeswoman for Northwestern Medicine, told Patch. Iliana Rolland, the daughter of Leanne and Jason Rolland, weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 21 inches. The Rollands live in Winfield.