Car­lene Moli­no was the first moth­er to give birth on Christ­mas Day, do­ing so at the San Fer­nan­do Hos­pi­tal yes­ter­day.

She de­liv­ered a ba­by girl at 12.15 am, weigh­ing 4.48 pounds.

She was pre­sent­ed with a gift bas­ket by the South West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty’s (SWRHA’s) Gen­er­al Man­ag­er-Nurs­ing, Kathy-Ann El­bourne.

Deb­o­rah Sobers was the sec­ond woman to give birth, do­ing so at the San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal.

She was al­so the first moth­er to give birth in the East­ern Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (ER­HA).

The ER­HA said she de­liv­ered the child at 1:07 am yes­ter­day.

The healthy ba­by girl weighed 3,200 grammes and was de­liv­ered by Dr Li­van.

Staff at the Ma­ter­ni­ty Ward pre­sent­ed Sobers with a ham­per filled with ba­by prod­ucts on be­half of the Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer and the ER­HA and con­grat­u­lat­ed her on the new ad­di­tion to her fam­i­ly.

Moth­ers who gave birth on Christ­mas Day were pre­sent­ed with gift bags which in­clud­ed a pub­li­ca­tion en­ti­tled, “Breast­feed­ing and Be­yond: A Guide to In­fant and Child Feed­ing.”

COVID-19 pack­ages were al­so pre­sent­ed to all moth­ers and moth­ers-to-be on the ward.

The third ba­by to be de­liv­ered yes­ter­day was to San­dra Lys Lewis at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

Her ba­by boy was born at 4.07 am and weighed 7.2 lbs.