Did you welcome one of the 2,928 new arrivals in Mid Cheshire in 2023?

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust collates all the baby-related data every month detailing how many babies are born – boys and girls – whether there are any sets of twins or triplets and how babies are delivered.

There are stats for the number of babies born on their due date, before their due date and after their due date as well as the how many new arrivals experienced skin to skin at birth or were breast fed within 48 hours.

The 12 monthly facts and figures are then used to produce yearly numbers for the trust.

We will be featuring more than 160 of these babies in our special Born in 2023 supplement in the Northwich and Winsford Guardian and the Knutsford Guardian, which will be in shops from Thursday, January 18.

There were 2,927 babies born under Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2023 (Image: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

There were 2,928 babies born at Leighton Hospital last year – 51 per cent were boys and 49 per cent were girls.

There were 27 sets of twins and one set of triplets and 83 per cent experienced skin to skin straight after being born with 73.3 per cent being breast fed within 48 hours.

One hundred and fifteen babies arrived on their due date, 1,886 were born before their due date and 927 were late - 37 per cent were induced.

Some 3.3 per cent were home births and 8.4 per cent were water births with 78.2 per cent of babies delivered on the labour ward or in theatre and 18.2 per cent were on the midwife led unit.

Vaginal births accounted for 55.3 per cent with 17.8 per cent elective caesarean sections and 18.1 per cent emergency caesarean sections.

Some 5.6 per cent were forceps births and 3.2 per cent were ventouse deliveries.

Don’t forget to pick up a copy of next week’s paper – in shops from Thursday.