Five newborns were welcomed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital yesterday up to press time as Barbados celebrated its 59th year of Independence and fourth as a republic.
The first, a girl named Azaiyah Maynard Alleyne, was delivered by 27-yearold Tiffany Maynard at 12:54 a.m., weighing seven pounds, 1.6 ounces.
The next arrival, a boy, was born to Tia Yearwood, 28, via emergency Caesarean section at 9:16 a.m. He weighed six pounds, ten ounces.
Both mother and baby were said to be doing well.
Thirty-year-old Krystal Clinton welcomed her bundle of joy, a girl, Kiandra Clinton, at 11:17 a.m., weighing six pounds, seven ounces Ryanna Pinder, 21, had the fourth Independence Day baby, and her third child, at 12:52 p.m. weighing six pounds, 12 ounces. She said the girl was due for delivery on December 10, but it appeared she had other plans.
Pinder said she had been hoping for a girl, while dad Troy Richards wanted a boy. However, both said they were happy with the arrival of their daughter and are yet to decide on a name.
Crystal Brathwaite, 34, gave birth to a boy, Cayden Collymore, at 1:03 p.m. weighing six pounds, ten ounces. She said his father could not be present for the birth as he was participating in the Independence Day Parade at Kensington Oval.
Staff nurse and widwife Jagwanttie Sawh said she was elated to be delivering the first baby, though this was not her first on an Independence Day or Christmas Day. (AJ)
