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Baby Girl First 2026 Birth In Lower Bucks County

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Tom Sofield
St. Mary Medical Center. File photo.

St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown Township celebrated the arrival of its first baby of 2026 early Thursday morning.

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The baby girl, named Nalina, was born at 1:17 a.m. on Jan. 1.

Giana Nugent and Mark Johnson with baby Nalina.
Credit: Submitted

According to the hospital, Nalina weighed six pounds and 10.5 ounces and measured 20 inches long.

Parents Giana Nugent and Mark Johnson, of Philadelphia, said they are thrilled to welcome the new addition to their family.

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Hospital officials noted the birth served as a joyful start to the year for the facility’s staff.

Nalina was the second birth of the new year in Bucks County.

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Penn Medicine Doylestown Health reported that Henry Schamp, who was born to Sarah and Ryan Schamp of Ambler, was welcomed at exactly midnight. He is 20.5 inches long and eight pounds and 9.2 ounces.

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.