Grandview nurse delivers hospital’s first baby

For the labor and delivery team at Grandview Medical Center, the first baby born in the new facility was also a new addition to the family.

Meghan Elizabeth was born at 12:34 a.m. Sunday to labor and delivery nurse Tracy and her husband Joseph. Meghan weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces and is the youngest of seven children, with five brothers and one sister.

Tracy was helping make the move from Trinity Medical Center. As she was unpacking at Grandview, her contractions started to pick up. She said her fellow nurses noticed, and after putting her on a labor monitor decided to call her doctor and her husband.

“We knew she would probably come early, just because, but we didn’t think it would be yesterday. My goal was to get through the move,” she said. Meghan wasn’t due until November.

Even though it was earlier than planned, Tracy said that having her friends as the ones taking care of her was comforting.

Dr. Margaret Miklic, Tracy’s OBGYN, said it was “exciting and ironic” that the unit’s own charge nurse that had a role in moving patients all day Saturday was the first patient to have a baby at Grandview.

“She had a beautiful delivery and it was a beautiful experience,” Miklic said. She said that “everything fell into place” in the new facility, and that she was honored to be a part of the hospital’s first birth.