It was an unusually busy time at Bermuda’s hospital earlier this week, but all for a good reason – as seven babies were born in only 24 hours!
“It was a brisk day in the labour and delivery rooms as seven babies were born within 24 hours,” says Lisa Blyden, clinical manager of Maternity and Special Care Baby Unit.
List of parents and babies born:
- Gina Liburd and Wayne Wales, daughter Glow Gentle Wales, 11:04am 29 January
- Ouafae Hajjioui and Kevin Daley, son Ryan, 11:54am 29 January
- Lichel Tumulak and Mario Ferraro, son, 1:55pm 29 January
- Kristen and Daniel Heinlein, son Hayes Heinlein, 5:28pm 29 January
- Brittany Bean, Leon Weekes, daughter Maci Barstowe-Weekes, 6:39pm 29 January
- Yuedi Ding and Alvin Du, son Jackson Du, 11:41pm 29 January
- Vanessa and Michael Thompson, son [not yet named], 5:41am 30 January
Seven babies born in a single day is not a Bermuda Hospitals Board record. The last time this happened was on 18 October 2017.
There have been 14 times in recent history that eight births have been recorded in a single day, nine has been the maximum. Interestingly three of the four times that this took place were in 2009. It also took place in 2002.
