Renown Welcomes Area's First Baby of 2025

Baby Ermias and his parents pose for a photo on his birthday, New Year's Day 2025.

Reno's first baby of 2025 was born in the Labor and Delivery Childbirth Center at Renown Regional Medical Center.

Guadalupe Ibarra gave birth to Ermias Rojas at 6:14 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Baby Ermias weighed 8 pounds, 2.7 ounces and was the first 2025 birth at any of the region's hospitals.

Baby Ermias is welcomed to the world by his father, Sergio Rojas.

More than 4,100 babies were delivered at Renown Health in 2024. Renown Health offers exceptional family-centered care with complete prenatal services designed for the health and well-being of every patient and their new baby.

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