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First New Year's babies of 2025 delivered at South Florida hospitals

Multiple babies were born shortly after South Florida rang in 2025

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Not long after the clock struck midnight and 2025 had arrived, hospitals in Miami-Dade and Broward greeted some of the newest South Florida residents with the arrival of several New Year’s babies.

At Baptist Hospital, Aitana, a healthy baby girl, was born at 12:14 a.m. Wednesday, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and measuring 20 inches long.

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Aitana was born at Baptist Hospital.
Baptist Health
Aitana was born at Baptist Hospital.

Meanwhile, baby A'nali was born at 12:24 a.m. at Memorial Hospital West, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 20 1/2 inches long.

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A'nali was born at Memorial Hospital West
Memorial Healthcare System
A'nali was born at Memorial Hospital West

Angel Velazquez Martinez, a 4 pound, 15 ounce baby boy, was born at Broward Health Medical Center at 2:11 a.m. He is his mother Luz Martinez Arellano’s second child. Arellano and Angel’s father, Gerardo Velazquez Camacho, were excited to welcome baby Angel into their family.

Angel Velazquez Martinez with parents Luz and Gerardo.
Broward Health
Angel Velazquez Martinez with parents Luz and Gerardo.

"I cant believe he’s here already," she said. "I actually thought they were going to send me back home because when I got here they said that I was only 35 weeks and no way."

She wasn’t due until February 2nd, and was already sent home from the hospital on December 30th after coming in with contractions, but not this time.

"The meaning for Angel is a present of God because a year ago I had a miscarriage so I do believe he's my little gift from heaven," she said.

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