Roseline Frank, the mother of Nanaimo’s first baby of 2016, got an early surprise, giving birth in the wee hours of New Year’s Day.
Even though Frank and partner Donald Joe were expecting on Jan. 4, Ellie Joe was born at 12:22 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, weighing eight pounds and three ounces.
“The doctors were concerned about her weight so they induced me the day before, so New Year’s Eve in the afternoon, and by 7:30 in the evening, they didn’t think it was going to happen, they just said I had to go back later on [Jan. 1],” said Frank.
“Things didn’t turn out that way. She wasn’t too happy. We did some walking, lots of walking, with the stairs and stuff and things picked up and she got here,” she said.
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