HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Welcomes First Baby of 2026

O’FALLON, Ill. — HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital proudly welcomed Rosalinda Elizabeth Taylor as the first baby born at the hospital in 2026 to Cecilia Hammond and Levi Taylor of Belleville. She was delivered at 2:02 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2025, at St. Elizabeth’s Women and Infants Center, weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 20 inches long.

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In celebration of being the first baby born in 2026 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Rosalinda and her family were presented with a special basket of gifts from the Women and Infants Center.

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For others expecting their own bundles of joy in 2026, St. Elizabeth’s offers a wide range of services for mothers and infants, including tours, prenatal classes, lactation counseling and more. The hospital also expanded services over the past year by launching an Obstetric Emergency Department (OB ED) for pregnant patients facing pregnancy concerns or a postpartum-related medical emergency and adding an OB/Gyn Hospitalist program.

The OB ED will care for pregnant patients over 16 weeks gestation for issues such as:

Abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding.
Pre-term labor.
Preeclampsia.
Conditions related to high-risk pregnancy.
Decrease in normal fetal movement.
Ruptured membranes.
High blood pressure.

The prenatal class schedule and other information about the Women and Infants Center are available at hshs.org/st-elizabeths/services/pregnancy-and-birth.

Cecilia Hammond and Levi Taylor proudly introduce new daughter Rosalinda Elizabeth Taylor, the first baby born at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in 2026. The family received a basket of gifts from the care team at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital Women and Infants Center.

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