CHEERS RING OUT FOR FIRST, LAST NEW YEAR'S BABIES SAUGUS PAIR WASTES NO TIME MAKING SURE Y2K IS SPECIAL BABY QUICK TO MAKE HER NEW YEAR'S APPEARANCE.Byline: Angela M. Lemire Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Few can say that people all over the planet rejoiced on the day they were born. But Elisabeth Clare Miller will be able to do just that. Weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces, the baby girl was born at 12:40 a.m. Saturday in Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, to parents Kenneth Binkley and Victoria Miller-Binkley of Saugus, arriving just in time for one of the most celebrated holidays of the last 1,000 years. The infant is Santa Clarita's firstborn first·born adj. First in order of birth; born first. n. The child in a family who is born first. Noun 1. firstborn - the offspring who came first in the order of birth eldest of the Year 2000, as well as the century and new millennium. And it was a quick entrance into the world at that, said Victoria, who delivered Elisabeth by natural childbirth natural childbirth: see birth. natural childbirth Any of the systems (e.g., the Lamaze method) of managing birth without drugs or surgery. All begin with classes to teach pregnant women about the birth process, including when to push and what after only one hour in labor. The couple left their home at 11:30 p.m. New Year's Eve and headed for the local hospital when contractions were less than two minutes apart. They decided against driving to Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Medical Center in San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , knowing they had no time to spare, they said. ``I wasn't in labor long for my first child, so I knew this would be a quick delivery,'' said Victoria, recalling the four-hour delivery of the couple's first baby, Natalie, three years ago. ``I called ahead to the hospital and warned them that it would be quick. We just knew that,'' Kenneth said Saturday, as he watched Victoria cradle their newborn in her arms in her hospital recovery room. The baby, who was born with a full head of light brown hair, slept peacefully in a hand-knitted white cap, embroidered em·broi·der v. em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders v.tr. 1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover. 2. with a red stitched ``2000'' across it. The hat was created and donated by Bernice Lehman of Valencia, a hospital official said. Victoria's due date was Dec. 31, but nature had another plan. Despite millennium holiday hype, and widespread reports of parents trying to plan births for New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , hospital officials said few births took place at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital toward the end of the week. By late afternoon Saturday, Baby Elisabeth - named after Victoria's mother - was the hospital's only birth on New Year's Day. Hospital administrators several weeks ago decided that all births around the New Year's holiday would be limited to only natural childbirths and emergency Caesarean sections caesarean section: see cesarean section. and inducements. They wanted no scheduled Caesarean sections or labor inducements around New Year's Eve and Jan. 1, explained spokeswoman Jan Newbold, citing precautions the hospital took to maintain open beds for emergencies over the long holiday weekend. Outside Victoria's recovery room Saturday, the world may have been celebrating a new millennium, but their newborn easily upstaged New Year's Day for the Binkleys. ``If this is my 15 minutes of fame, it just feels weird,'' said Victoria, who received their notoriety NOTORIETY, evidence. That which is generally known. 2. This notoriety is of fact or of law. In general, the notoriety of a fact is not sufficient to found a judgment or to rely on its truth; 1 Ohio Rep. as a nice story to relay someday to Elisabeth. Registered Nurse Peggy Elgen, who was in charge of the maternity ward maternity ward n. The department of a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth as well as for newborn infants. Saturday, wished the family well for the future, saying she expects Baby Elisabeth to have a wonderful life, given the ``really nice family'' she has. Asked what wishes they had for their newborn daughter's future, Victoria's eyes watered as she looked down at her daughter. Added Kenneth, ``I just wish for her to grow up as a decent person - just a good person who treats people well.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Victoria Miller-Binkley and her husband, Kenneth Binkley, admire their New Year's baby, Elisabeth Clare, who arrived at 12:40 a.m. Saturday. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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