Regina’s first baby of 2025: Welcome to the world, Brynlee!

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For one Saskatchewan family, the big New Year’s countdown to 2025 didn’t happen at midnight, but about an hour later:

At 1:18 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Regina General Hospital, Brynlee Anne Fredlund was born, making her Regina’s first baby of the year. She weighed six pounds, 14 ounces.

Her parents — Kaitlyn and Dylan Fredlund — are from Moosomin.

According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, “everyone is doing well.”

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Brynlee shares her birthday with an exclusive club of New Year’s babies born in Regina.

Last year’s first baby of the year, Amelia Mae McCaskill, was born at 5:51 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2024 at Regina General Hospital.

In 2023, the first baby born in Regina was named Kaia, and came into the world at 1:09 a.m. at Regina General Hospital.

In 2022, baby girl Jemma was born at 1:35 a.m. on Jan. 1 at Regina General Hospital to parents Jessie and David.

In 2021, Regina welcomed its first baby at 2:13 a.m. on New Year’s Day. Veronica Rae Holzer was born to Karla and Dylan Holzer at the Regina General Hospital.

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