New Year's Babies In Lincoln County

Eddyville couple with their new baby

Lincoln City couple with their new baby

Each New Year’s Eve, the maternity staff at the five Samaritan Health Services hospitals in Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties await the arrival of the first baby to be born in the new year. This year, Samaritan’s first baby of the new year was born in the early hours of New Year’s Day at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, followed soon by the first babies to be born at the hospitals in Lebanon on Jan. 1.

A couple from Eddyville had the first babies in Lincoln County born in Newport on Jan. 2, and a Lincoln City couple's baby was born at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City on Jan. 4. Each new family received a gift basket filled with adorable and useful items for the new baby, prepared by birthing center staff and/or auxiliary members at each hospital. The new parents also enjoyed a celebratory meal prepared by Nutrition Services.