{"id":114019,"date":"2017-01-04T16:14:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T22:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114019"},"modified":"2017-01-05T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T17:48:30","slug":"emma-lyn-kukowski-1st-baby-born-2017-jrmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=114019","title":{"rendered":"Emma Lyn Kukowski, 1st baby born 2017 JRMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-114020\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kukowski_1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"kukowski_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kukowski_1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kukowski_1-768x518.jpg 768w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kukowski_1-1024x691.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Kukowski_1-259x175.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0Emma Lyn Kukowski was born on January 2, 2017 at 11:20 p.m. to parents Michelle and Kyle Kukowski from Harvey, N.D. Emma is the first baby born in 2017 at Jamestown Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle \u00a0Kukowski expected to have a quick delivery with her fifth child, but she was unprepared for just how quickly.<\/p>\n<p>She says, \u201cThe staff met me at the emergency room doors, and within five minutes, she was here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Michelle had quick deliveries with all of her other children, she said Emma is the fastest delivery she has had yet. \u201cI knew I might deliver quickly, so I came into Jamestown just to avoid the bad roads and I am glad I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To avoid traveling on wintery roads, Michelle and her family drove to Jamestown the week before her due date and stayed with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle, who is a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade teacher in Harvey, says she initially wanted to have her baby in 2016, before the new school year started. Michelle is a former teacher at Gussner Elementary School, in Jamestown. Once that date passed however, the thought of a New Year\u2019s baby seemed fun, adding, \u201cMy friends and family kept telling me to try and have her on New Year\u2019s, to ring in the New Year with a new baby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The nurses always look forward to the first baby of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Family BirthPlace Manager, Emily Woodley says, \u201cIt\u2019s a fun an exciting to start a new year with a new life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emma will be welcomed home by five siblings and a stepbrother, ranging in age from 3-14.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle says, the siblings are excited to meet the new baby.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle says, \u201cMy three year old has been talking non-stop about holding and feeding her baby sister.\u00a0 It will be nice for us all to be together, I am excited to see all of my kids\u2019 reactions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0Emma Lyn Kukowski was born on January 2, 2017 at 11:20 p.m. to parents Michelle and Kyle Kukowski from Harvey, N.D. Emma is the first baby born in 2017 at Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Michelle \u00a0Kukowski expected to have a quick delivery with her fifth child, but she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csicelebrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114019"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114025,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114019\/revisions\/114025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}