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New Year's baby at the NUMC
Long Island's first child of 2011 born in East Meadow
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Elida Zepeda and Juventino Castillo share a special moment with their newborn daughter, Jalen Ruby, the first baby born on Long Island in 2011.
Courtesy Shelley Lotenberg/NUMC
Long Island’s first baby of 2011 was born at the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow.
After enduring four hours of labor, new mother Elida Zepeda gave birth to Jalen Ruby, at 12:03 a.m. The newborn weighed in at seven pounds, 13 ounces and was measured at 20 inches long.
The mother, Zepeda, and father, Juventino Castillo, said they are thrilled to have a baby girl and are grateful to the NUMC staff for delivering a healthy baby. Zepeda and Castillo, originally from Guatemala, live in Hempstead. Castillo works in construction. This is the second child for the couple, which also has another child, a five-year-old boy, who lives in Guatemala with his grandparents.
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