First Babies Of 2012 Born In New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- When the day started, James and Eleni Hunt had no idea their daughter Nicole's arrival would coincide exactly with the arrival of a new year, but at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, their doctor at Long Island Jewish Medical Center said it was about to happen.
"And we thought he was crazy but before you knew it, the ball was dropping and the baby was coming out," James said.
Of course the couple's thrilled with their healthy new daughter, but in the hours before she arrived, they joked about the disadvantages of a baby born in the new year.
"I think my husband probably wanted the tax write off, so we missed that by a second. Oh well," Eleni laughed.
Little Nicole has some company in the first-baby department. At Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, Rania Ali also arrived just in time to ring in the new year, just after the stroke of midnight.
"I was really excited and happy about it," gushed her mother, Alia Ali.
"They told us she's the first one born so our excitement doubled and we are so happy about it. She's famous since the day she was born," said Rania's father, Imdad Ali.
New mom Alia was in labor for about 12 hours and despite the fact that she was about to give birth, she kept one eye on the New Year's Eve countdown on television.
"I was because the TV was just front of me. The ball dropped and she came right out," Alia said. "Yes, good timing."
"After everyone else got excited, we definitely fed off of it and it became a huge deal. So it definitely feels like good luck," said Dr. Nirmala Pillalamarri of Montefiore Medical Center.
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