"First NY Baby of 2014 Born at 12:00:01 am"
Another runner-up is Janelle Merlos, who was born at 12:10 a.m. at The Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Mother Sharon Cuestas — who also has another daughter, Janelle, 2 — said she was due to deliver December 26, and worried that she wouldn’t make it to the emergency room after going into labor. “Walking out of the house was a little painful because my water broke at home. The contractions were coming fast,” she said. Learn more
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