Southcoast Health welcomes New Year’s babies at St. Luke’s Hospital and Charlton Memorial Hospital

New Bedford, Mass.- The first baby of the New Year born at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford arrived at 2:59 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Samantha Williams of New Bedford, welcomed baby girl, Amelia Robert, weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and measuring 21 inches long. Amelia is Williams’ third child.

Samantha Williams and St. Luke’s Hospital’s First Baby of the New Year, Amelia Roberts.

Cassie and Kyle Lapati of Smithfield, R.I., gave birth to a daughter, Paige Lapati, at 8:14 a.m., January 1, 2020, at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. Paige is born weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces, and measuring 19 inches long. Paige is the couple’s first child.

Both families received a $100 gift card, a plush toy and baby blanket donated by the Auxiliaries of St. Luke’s Hospital and Charlton Memorial Hospital. The families also received a gift basket donated by the Southcoast YMCA that includes a 1-year family membership, a baby swim class, a onesie, diapers, baby blanket, t-shirts for the parents, and a Y backpack.