Vera and Heath Gilbert of Kingsland welcomed the newest addition to their
family, Maximus Heath Gilbert, on New Years Day. Baby Maximus arrived
at 9:57 a.m. at the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Maternity
Care Center in St. Marys as Camden County’s first baby of 2013.
Maximus weighed in at 6 lbs., 2 oz., and measured 21 inches long. He was
delivered by Joanne Altringer, CNM, a certified nurse midwife practicing
with board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist Eva di Lorenzo, M.D. at
Camden OB/GYN. Altringer, who has been delivering babies at Camden for
10 years, also delivered the couple’s two-year-old daughter, Viktoria.
Mom was quite surprised to celebrate the delivery of little Maximus on
New Years Day since he was not due for another three weeks. Another cause
for celebration was the arrival of her grandfather, Nikolay Atrashkevich,
74, from Russia. “He wanted to meet his first great-grandson,”
she said, smiling. Maximus’ early birth also ensured his father
would have time to get to know him before being deployed next month. Each
year, more than 700 babies are born at the Camden Campus Maternity Care
Center, which features state-of-the-art medical care in a warm, family-friendly
environment. To welcome Maximus, the Health System presented the happy
parents with a large gift basket full of gifts and baby care necessities
from the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Gift Shop. The
family also received a newborn gift bag from the March of Dimes. In celebration
of its 75th anniversary, the March of Dimes provided newborn gift bags
to the first baby born at hospitals across the state of Georgia. Pictured
are the new parents, Vera and Heath Gilbert, with their little bundle
of joy and older sister, Viktoria.