A Winchendon couple celebrated the Leap Year by welcoming a healthy baby girl to the world at Heywood Hospital’s Lachance Maternity Center. Jazmine was born to Bee and Mai Yang at 7:50 a.m., on Thursday, Feb. 29, according to a statement from the hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. She was welcomed by her seven siblings—Nessa (20), Charlene (18), Annalise (16), Angelica and Angelina (12), Aaron (5) and Anastasia (2) and several MWCC nursing students in their second semester maternity clinical rotation, who had the opportunity to observe Jazmine’s birth. The students are (from left): Nicole Silva, Jessica Jacques, Marinelys Merengueli, Kyanah Long, Nicole Eliason and Kate Margoles.
A Winchendon couple celebrated the Leap Year by welcoming a healthy baby girl to the world at Heywood Hospital’s Lachance Maternity Center. Jazmine was born to Bee and Mai Yang at 7:50 a.m., on Thursday, Feb. 29, according to a statement from the hospital. She weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. She was welcomed by her seven siblings—Nessa (20), Charlene (18), Annalise (16), Angelica and Angelina (12), Aaron (5) and Anastasia (2) and several MWCC nursing students in their second semester maternity clinical rotation, who had the opportunity to observe Jazmine’s birth. The students are (from left): Nicole Silva, Jessica Jacques, Marinelys Merengueli, Kyanah Long, Nicole Eliason and Kate Margoles. Credit: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Heywood Hospital welcomes 2024 Leap Year baby