Geneva Couple Welcomes First Delnor Baby Of New Year

GENEVA, IL – Delnor Hospital saw its first baby of the New Year born just minutes after the countdown to 2019. Geneva couple Megan and Patrick Sullivan welcomed Brady 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.

Another happy Kane County couple welcomed the first baby born in Cook County in 2019. Yarehlie Nava was born to Maria Ramirez and Freddy Nava at about 12:05 a.m. at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, the Chicago Tribune reports. 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.

“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.”

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.