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Brecksville Couple Welcomes First Child on 11/11/11

And the baby was the 11th born at the hospital last Friday.

The morning did not begin as Jennifer Bennett had hoped it would.

She and her husband, Timothy Bennett, left their Brecksville home for early on Nov. 11. The couple was going to be having their first baby that day – Jennifer was due a week later, but the doctor wanted to deliver the baby early to ensure that Timothy, an airplane captain, would be in town.

So Jennifer Bennett said they set out amid the “crazy weather,” complete with snow and thunder, and avoided an accident on the highway that blocked their exit. They arrived at the hospital late, and the overall experience was a bit more stressful than planned.

But just a few hours later, they had Julie Ann, a healthy, happy baby – and the 11th baby born at Hillcrest Hospital on 11/11/11, Angie Smith, of the Cleveland Clinic's media department, said in an email.

Bennett, a pharmaceutical sales representative, said everything’s been “perfect” since they got home—they have plenty of family and friends to help—and that the hospital staff was great.


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