Seven infants were welcomed into the world during the early hours of Christmas Day at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra.
The newborns, consisting of two boys, three girls, and a set of twins, arrived between 0006 dawn and 1000 on Monday, December 25.
Out of the seven deliveries, three occurred through Spontaneous Vagina Delivery (SVD), while the remaining three were delivered via Cesarean Sections (CS).
The mothers expressed immense joy, considering the births as their most cherished Christmas gifts.
The first mother, Mrs. Akorfa Glover, aged 30, joyfully welcomed her set of twins at exactly 0005 hours on Christmas Day through SVD. She delivered two healthy baby girls, each weighing 3.2 kilograms (kg) at birth. Mrs. Glover, expressing gratitude, described her babies as “Blessed babies,” as she had conceived them 15 years after marriage, overcoming previous infertility challenges.
Having faced complications during her pregnancy, Mrs. Glover had been under close monitoring at the maternity ward for two weeks. Her water unexpectedly broke on Friday, leading to the early delivery on Christmas Day. She referred to her newborns as “Jesus Babies” and thanked God for the miraculous gift.
Another elated mother, Mrs. Gifty Appiah, shared her surprise as doctors had predicted her baby boy’s due date to be in the first week of January 2024.
However, she went into labor around 10 am on Sunday morning and welcomed her baby at 0800 hours on Christmas Day.
The mothers, surrounded by the warmth of friends and family, expressed their joy, and various companies joined the celebration by sharing gifts with the newborns and their mothers.
“I had some complications during this pregnancy so I was admitted here, at the maternity ward two weeks ago, and I have been under close monitoring, my due date was supposed to be the first week in January, but my water broke on Friday unexpectedly, and little did I know that my babies would be privileged to share a birthday with Jesus Christ, ” she said.