Some of the first babies born in 2021 arrived at Maine hospitals on New Year’s Day.
Winnie Reiche
Maine Medical Center
At Maine Medical Center in Portland, the Reiche family welcomed Winnie, a girl, who was born at 1:58 a.m. Friday. The first child of Sarah and George Reiche of Portland, she weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 19 1/4 inches in length.
Sarah Reiche, who is a nurse in Maine Med’s neonatal intensive care unit, said the family is “so happy to welcome our new baby girl into 2021.”
A Sidney couple welcomed Augusta’s first baby less than an hour into the new year.
Sidney couple welcomes Augusta Hospital’s first baby of 2021 at 12:54 a.m.
Vanessa and Josh Tillson said Rowan Tillson was born at MaineGeneral after about an hour of labor early Friday morning.
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Vanessa and Josh Tillson with their son, Rowan, the first baby born at MaineGeneral Medical Center in 2021. He arrived Friday at 12:54 a.m.
Photo submitted by Joy McKenna
AUGUSTA A Sidney couple welcomed Augusta’s first baby less than an hour into the new year Friday.
Rowan Tillson was born at 12:54 a.m. to parents Vanessa, 26, and Josh Tillson, 29, at MaineGeneral Medical Center. Rowan is the Tillsons’ third child, joining daughter Paisley, 5, and Jesse, their 17-month-old son who died of an asthma attack in 2019.