WellSpan's labor and delivery teams warmly welcomed the first babies born in our hospitals on New Year’s Day.

At WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, Zoey Skye Lynn was born at 12:30 a.m. She weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces, and was 19.25 inches long at birth. She is the daughter of Katelyn Lutz from the Cornwall area.

Mom Katelyn holds baby Zoey on New Year's Day morning at WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital.

At WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, some of the first babies born on New Year's Day include James Lee Fisher, born at 1:40 a.m. He weighed 7 pounds, and was 19 inches long at birth. He is the son of Elizabeth Fisher of Newburg. Also born on New Year's Day morning was Derwyn Cedric Eby. He was born at 5:32 a.m. and weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and was 18.5 inches long at birth. He is the son of Kimberly Eby of Clear Spring, Md.

Mom Kimberly holds baby Derwyn on New Year's Day morning at WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital. They are joined by dad Wendell and members of the care team.

Born earlier this morning at 4:15 a.m. was WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital’s first baby of 2026: Tateum Conners. She was born 4 pounds, 7 ounces and was 19 inches long at birth. She is the daughter of Emma Allwein of Lebanon and dad is Jackson Conners.

WellSpan has six labor and delivery units across nine hospitals in our region, including WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital, WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital (Lewisburg), WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital (in Lebanon) and WellSpan York Hospital.