As Winter Storm Juno bore down on Boston, doctors and nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital delivered nearly two dozen babies.

“From noon on Monday until midnight last night, a total of 22 babies were born here at the MGH,” said Noah Brown, an MGH spokesperson, in an email to BostInno. “Sixteen boys and six girls.”

According to Michele O’Hara, MGH labor and delivery nurse director, the hospital typically delivers 10 babies a day, so the delivery numbers during the storm “were slightly above average.”

A blizzard warning was in effect in Boston from 7 p.m. Monday to 1 a.m. Wednesday. The severe weather brought travel across the state to a 24-hour standstill; MBTA service was cancelled on Tuesday, and Mayor Walsh and Gov. Baker urged people to stay indoors, work from home and wait out the storm.

At MGH, it was business as usual. Explained O’Hara:

Obstetrics has a high volume of deliveries on any given day and our number one priority is ensuring that patients are well cared for seamlessly and smoothly, regardless of what’s happening outside our walls. As such, we were well prepared to handle the number of deliveries throughout the storm with a full staff of obstetricians, midwives, nurses, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, clinicians, housekeeping and administrators.

And, no, MGH wasn’t the only hospital bringing babies into the world:

Some blizzard baby deliveries were more eventful than others. But fortunately for MGH, Winter Storm Juno didn’t offer any surprises.

“All births were scheduled and routine,” Brown said.

Photo via Cristina Rutz

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