Northwest suburban's first baby of the new year
Already the mother of two children, Rosa Rosada started feeling those familiar labor pains around 10 a.m. on New Year's Eve.
So her longtime boyfriend, Alvin Lebron, drove her to St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates where, about 17 hours later, she gave birth to suburban Cook County's first baby of the year - and the decade.
Joaquin Lebron arrived at 4:54 a.m. Jan. 1, weighing 8 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches long.
"I didn't even think about what day it was," said Rosada, 20, of Woodstock. "He's a big baby ... and he has a lot of hair."
While a few babies were born in the city of Chicago shortly after midnight, Joaquin Lebron arrived earlier than any other New Year's baby in suburban Cook County hospitals.
Joaquin will come home to live with older brother Alvin, 3, sister Deyeneiry, 2, and their dad, Alvin Lebron, 25, a factory worker in Woodstock.
"Everything went well and (Joaquin) is healthy," Rosada said. "My son wanted a boy, so he's going to be happy."
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