Franciscan Health Welcomes Its First Baby Of 2021

Welcome to the world! Sofia Garcia became the first baby born in 2021 at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields Family Birth Center at 6:05 a.m. on Friday, January 1, 2021.

Sofia Garcia is the daughter of Selena and Diego Garcia of Lansing, Illinois. She weighed in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces, and 19 inches long, and will soon be welcomed home by her older sister.

Families that are the first to deliver at the Family Birth Center in the New Year receive a gift basket containing items for the infant.

Located on the second floor of the patient pavilion in Olympia Fields, the Franciscan Health Family Birth Center offers a harmonious blend of comfort, state-of-the- art equipment, Level II special care nursery, labor and delivery and post-partum/ gynecological care. In addition to private rooms focused on the family birthing experience, parental celebration meals are offered to every new family. The Family Birth Center offers an improved experience to Southland mothers and the babies we are honored to introduce into the world.

Submitted by Robyn Ali, Marketing Specialist, Franciscan Health Olympia Fields, Marketing and Public Relations Department robyn.ali@franciscanalliance.org