First baby of 2025 revealed by London Health Sciences Centre

The gifts the family received with LHSC nurses Marilyn Miller (left), Kim Tracy, Bethany Baglieri and Deanna Perks in London, Ont., on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. The family did not want photos released of their baby. (Source: LHSC)

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) announced the first baby of the New Year was born at 12:05 a.m. on Wednesday.

Baby Mariya Halbouni was welcomed by parents Eman Darwiche and Ahmed Halbouni. She weighed 7lb 1oz.

To welcome the first baby of 2025, London Shoppers Drug Mart franchises have donated a large gift basket for the baby and her family.

In addition to the Shoppers Drug Mart gift basket, London Health Sciences Foundation is including a hand knitted baby blanket and Children’s Health Foundation has included a onesie and a teddy bear for the first-born baby of the New Year.

LHSC welcomes more than 6,000 newborns each year.