Summertime Baby Boom at Women’s Hospital in Fort Worth

Care team welcomes more than 100 babies in 91 hours

Download B-roll of recent baby boom at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth

Just days before the Fourth of July, the labor & delivery team at Andrews Women's Hospital at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth has been busy delivering a record number of babies: 107 babies were delivered during two separate baby booms only a few days apart.

Beginning on Thursday, June 24, 52 babies – 25 baby girls and 27 baby boys – were delivered in 47 hours.

Then, a second baby boom started on June 28, when the care team welcomed 55 babies in 44 hours, including one set of twin girls. This baby boom beats thehospital’s record of babies delivered in 2018在上海ort timeframe exactly three years ago to the day.

Among the group, boy names "Atlas" and “Daniel” were popular. Six of the baby girls were named “Gianna,” and “Reign” was also a popular name for the baby girls.

While Andrews Women's Hospital is known as a high-volume delivery hospital, the influx in births was considered rare and exceptional. The hospital averages about 16 deliveries per day, and welcomed nearly 6000 babies in 2020, including 100 sets of twins and two sets of triplets.

Baylor Scott & White – Fort Worth's Andrews Women's Hospital is a complete healthcare destination designed just for women. The hospital offers a Labor & Delivery unit, New Family Center and a 63-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) designed to care for even the tiniest infants, some weighing less than two pounds, as well as those born with serious medical challenges. It's one of the largest NICUs in North Texas, with a highly skilled team of neonatologists on the medical staff, neonatal nurse practitioners on the allied health professional staff, respiratory therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, chaplains and registered nurses working together 24/7.

For photos of these recent special deliveries and more, please visit the Baylor Scott & White Health online newsroom section titledTiniest Texans™:news.bswhealth.com

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As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,100 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information, visit:BSWHealth.com

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