Christmas Time Cheer: Over 500 Babies Delivered on Christmas Day Across South Africa

• More than 500 bouncing babies were born between midnight and midday on Christmas across the country
• The Department of Health congratulated the parents and healthcare professionals for delivering the little ones
• Public hospitals across Gauteng delivered about 223 babies while KwaZulu-Natal welcomed 47 babies

PRETORIA - The Department of Health welcomed over 500 babies born between midnight and midday on Christmas Day across the country.

Majority of the babies were delivered in Gauteng, while Limpopo and Mpumalanga recorded some of the first childbirths. Healthy babies were also born exactly at midnight in the Voortrekker Hospital in Mokopane and Themba Hospital in Kabokweni.

The Department of Health congratulated the parents and healthcare professionals for delivering the little ones. MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo–Ralehoko celebrated the Christmas time cheer.

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She also encouraged mothers to opt to breastfeed their babies as it offers many health benefits, The Citizen reported.

The Department wished the mothers and babies a long and healthy life. It also encouraged mothers to ensure their babies are up to date with their immunisations. Public hospitals across Gauteng delivered about 223 babies.

According to TimesLIVE, KwaZulu-Natal welcomed 47 babies. A newborn girl weighing 2.9 kg was born at the stroke of midnight.

10-year-old helps her mom give birth to baby sister at home, woman says “It was a miracle”

Briefly News also reported that a 10-year-old girl named Miracle Moore took action when her mom went into labour at home as she helped her pregnant parent deliver her baby sister.

The child's bravery helped save her mother's life during the critical period of childbirth. The Jennings native in Missouri has been praised for helping her mother give birth at home. Viola Fair, Miracle's 30-year-old mother, went into labour at home on October 22, apparently three weeks before her actual due date.

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Fair was in pain and there wasn’t enough time to take her to the hospital, so she asked her daughter to call 911. While the paramedics were still on the way, Miracle followed all the instructions from the dispatcher and relayed them to her mother during the call which lasted nearly 11 minutes.

Source: Briefly News