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Danielle Langlands and her newborn son Felix Langlands, who is Taranaki’s first baby for 2021.
Taranaki’s first baby for 2021 had trouble staying awake on New Year’s Day following the drama of a helicopter ride less than an hour after he was born.
Felix Langlands was born at 12.12 a.m. M. From Friday January 1 at Hāwera Hospital and it could be the first baby of the New Year.
Around the country, baby girl Ivah arrived at Ashburton Hospital at 12:17 a.m., while five minutes later another baby was born in New Plymouth at Taranaki Base Hospital. In Auckland, another girl was born at 12:45 am at Waitākere Hospital.
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Felix was born at 12:12 a.m. on January 1, 2021.
Felix weighed a respectable 3,520kg (or 7lb12oz) and arrived just 50 minutes after his mother Danielle Langlands and husband John arrived at the hospital.
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Shortly after his birth, the maternity staff became concerned about his breathing and called to take Felix to Taranaki Base Hospital in New Plymouth for an evaluation.
With no space in the rescue helicopter for Danielle and John, the Eltham couple drove to New Plymouth, searching for the lights of the helicopter ahead.
“He was really calm about it, he knew he was okay, he knew he had a good team with him,” Danielle said.
In the end, Felix was well enough that he could go home in the middle of Friday afternoon.
Danielle said she hoped her husband would bring Felix’s two older brothers, Tyson, 6, and Brax, 4, to meet him and then bring them all home.
The couple hadn’t planned any New Years celebrations, just in case their third child decided to make an entrance. Even older brother Brax’s birthday party on December 29 was kept low-key.
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Baby Felix has two older brothers at home.
Danielle said they had given three different due dates for Felix, so she wasn’t sure if it would arrive on December 31, January 2, or January 8.
“I felt a little different on Thursday and had been up and down at night. I had minor ailments, but had had them for the past few weeks. “
“Last night it rose around 9:00 PM.”
Taranaki’s second baby for 2021 was born at Taranaki Base Hospital at 12:22 a.m., just 10 minutes after Felix, a hospital spokesperson said.
