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\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]Dallas Regional Medical Center (DRMC) delivered its first baby of 2022 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Valentina Garza was born at 10:12 Saturday weighing eight pounds even and measuring 21 inches in length.\u00a0Her parents are Yesenia Diaz and Josue Garza.\u00a0 She was delivered by Dr. Allan Chang.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was surprising\u00a0for me, Diaz said.\u00a0\u201cIt was tough.\u00a0It lasted 22 hours. We didn’t know if she was going to be born right at 12 or afterwards. It was honestly amazing. It’s my first baby. The first ones do struggle a little bit more, but I thank everyone who was there for receiving me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Diaz was given a gift basket commemorating her New Year\u2019s baby.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were so many cute things in the basket,\u201d she said. \u201cThere were nail clippers for her nails, newborn diapers, as well as a little blanket that we used when we got discharged, some teddy bears, there was a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2021, the DRMC delivered 1,219 babies, averaging 100 babies each month.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe love delivering babies at the hospital, so much so that we play a short lullaby on the overhead speakers each time a baby is born,\u201d DRMC CEO Glenda Matchett said. \u201cIt\u2019s always an event which brings a smile to our faces, even with all that is going on with the pandemic. Our labor and delivery staff is fantastic, our physicians are top notch, and our hospital safety has been recognized over and over. Dallas Regional is a great place to have your baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
The labor and delivery unit provides care for low-to-moderate-risk pregnant and postpartum patients, Vince Falsarella, regional marketing and communications manager said. The unit is also part of a clinical initiative by the Texas Hospital Association focusing on reducing obstetric hemorrhage, improving obstetric care for women with opioid use disorder and reducing hypertension in pregnancy. The unit recently received Exemplary Paternity Program status from the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Office for its high quality control rating.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of the nurses were so sweet over there,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cI thank all of them for helping me deliver and for my recovery. Afterward, they mentioned to me to enjoy the most time I can with her because babies grow, and you don’t even notice. That’s something\u00a0I have in mind — to love every single step she’s going to have as she grows up.\u201d[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]
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Mesquite\u2019s Dallas Regional Medical Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association for its care for patients experiencing ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), known to be more severe and dangerous than other types of heart attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Dallas Regional Medical Center (DRMC) delivered its first baby of 2022 on Saturday.\r\n\r\nValentina Garza was born at 10:12 Saturday weighing eight pounds even and measuring 21 inches in length.\u00a0Her parents are Yesenia Diaz and Josue Garza.\u00a0 She was delivered by Dr. Allan Chang.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt was surprising\u00a0for me, Diaz said.\u00a0\u201cIt was tough.\u00a0It lasted 22 hours. We didn't know if she was going to be born right at 12 or afterwards. It was honestly amazing. It's my first baby. The first ones do struggle a little bit more, but I thank everyone who was there for receiving me.\u201d\r\n\r\nDiaz was given a gift basket commemorating her New Year\u2019s baby.\r\n\r\n\u201cThere were so many cute things in the basket,\u201d she said. \u201cThere were nail clippers for her nails, newborn diapers, as well as a little blanket that we used when we got discharged, some teddy bears, there was a lot.\u201d\r\n\r\nIn 2021, the DRMC delivered 1,219 babies, averaging 100 babies each month.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe love delivering babies at the hospital, so much so that we play a short lullaby on the overhead speakers each time a baby is born,\u201d DRMC CEO Glenda Matchett said. \u201cIt\u2019s always an event which brings a smile to our faces, even with all that is going on with the pandemic. Our labor and delivery staff is fantastic, our physicians are top notch, and our hospital safety has been recognized over and over. Dallas Regional is a great place to have your baby.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe labor and delivery unit provides care for low-to-moderate-risk pregnant and postpartum patients, Vince Falsarella, regional marketing and communications manager said. The unit is also part of a clinical initiative by the Texas Hospital Association focusing on reducing obstetric hemorrhage, improving obstetric care for women with opioid use disorder and reducing hypertension in pregnancy. The unit recently received Exemplary Paternity Program status from the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Office for its high quality control rating.\r\n\r\n\u201cAll of the nurses were so sweet over there,\u201d Diaz said. \u201cI thank all of them for helping me deliver and for my recovery. Afterward, they mentioned to me to enjoy the most time I can with her because babies grow, and you don't even notice. That's something\u00a0I have in mind -- to love every single step she's going to have as she grows up.\u201d","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8848"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12735,"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8848\/revisions\/12735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dallasregionalmedicalcenter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}