{"id":107589,"date":"2026-01-01T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107589\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T16:48:08","slug":"first-baby-of-2026-born-at-corpus-christi-medical-center-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/107589\/","title":{"rendered":"First baby of 2026 born at Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area kicked off 2026 with a flurry of new arrivals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On New Year&#8217;s Eve, the labor and delivery team welcomed seven babies, and the celebrations continued just after midnight with the first baby of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year&#8217;s Day baby, a girl named Spadelyn, arrived at 12:14 a.m., earlier than expected, bringing joy to her family and marking a heartwarming start to 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CCMC stated that Dr. Denise Lochner delivered the newborn, and the hospital team worked around the clock during the holiday season to ensure patients&#8217; safety and comfort.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This past year has been remarkable for our Labor &amp; Delivery team,&#8221; said the CEO of CCMC. &#8220;Our staff take great pride in supporting families and helping our community celebrate the new year with the gift of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More from 3NEWS on KIIITV.com: \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/article\/news\/local\/first-baby-2026-corpus-christi-medical-center\/mailto:tell3@kiiitv.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tell3@kiiitv.com<\/a> so we can get in touch with you about your story should we have questions or need more information. We realize some stories are sensitive in nature. Let us know if you&#8217;d like to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area kicked off 2026 with a flurry of new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-107589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}