Ulundi mother gives birth to twins on New Years Day
The province has had a total of 38 New Year’s Day babies, made up of 18 boys and 20 girls
A total of 38 New Years Day babies were born by 12 pm today.
Hlezi Nkosi, 40, and Zama Majola, 20, became the first mothers of New Year’s Day babies after giving birth to baby boys on the stroke of midnight, at Itshelejuba (at UPhongolo) and Northdale Hospital respectively.
Shortly afterwards, 35 year-old Slindile Mkhize gave birth to a set of twin girls at Nkonjeni Hospital, near Ulundi.
Mkhize, who is also a mother of two teenagers aged 15 and 12, is from the area of Nhlungwane, KwaSiqobelo, at Ulundi.
Although still nursing post-labour pains, she thanked the staff of Nkonjeni Hospital for helping her deliver her special New Year’s Day babies, who she has named Siyamuthanda and Leth’ukuthula.
The twins weighed in at 2.5kg a d 2.8kg respectively.
KZN Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu has congratulated all the mothers.
The province has had a total of 38 New Year’s Day babies, made up of 18 boys and 20 girls.
The MEC urged all mothers in the province to breastfeed their babies exclusively for the first six months, and to ensure that they immunise their babies at correct intervals, in keeping with the ‘Road to Health’ chart.
‘We would like to congratulate all the families of the babies who were born on the first day of year 2021. These are, indeed special babies.
‘The health and wellbeing of babies is something that we take very seriously at the KZN Department of Health. We therefore urge all new mothers across the province to ensure that they give their babies breast milk exclusively, at least for the first six months of their lives.
‘We know that is it not always possible, but they really should try, because breastfeeding has major health benefits. It strengthens the babies’ immune system, and also makes the bond between mother and baby very strong.
‘We also urge mothers to follow the immunisation schedule as stipulated in the Road to Health chart because that way, babies are able to build and strengthen their bodies’ ability to fight most childhood ailments, so that they can stay healthy and thrive.’
