Sarasota Memorial Welcomed Its First Baby Of 2022

SARASOTA, FL — Sarasota Memorial Health Care System welcomed the first baby of 2022 at its Sarasota campus.

Parents Lauren and Patrick welcomed a baby boy, Beau, at 1:36 a.m. on Saturday, the health care system said in a news release.

This is the Sarasota family’s second child. They have an older son, Camden, who is looking forward to meeting his new baby brother, SMH said.

“I am feeling in shock. I was not expecting to be the first baby of the year at all, but we are over the moon, and we are all doing well,” Lauren told Sarasota Memorial.

The delivery team included Jennifer Swanson, MD, assisted by Holli Askren, CNM, and labor-and-delivery nurses Shelby Tinyes, RN, and Melissa Tomaski, LPN.

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SMH-Sarasota’s obstetric team also helped deliver a total of 18 babies on New Year’s Eve. The last baby of 2021 was born at 11:27 p.m. at the health care system’s Sarasota campus, capping off the largest year ever for Sarasota Memorial deliveries.

Last year, SMH-Sarasota delivered a total of 4,275 babies, including 69 sets of twins and one set of triplets. Since opening in November, SMH-Venice has delivered seven babies. The previous record for deliveries was 4,120 babies born at SMH in 2019.