Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, welcomed Jayden Mateo Ventura Dehesa as Somerset County’s first baby of 2026 at 9:56 a.m. today.

SOMERVILLE, NJ, Jan. 1, 2026 -- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, welcomed Jayden Mateo Ventura Dehesa as Somerset County’s first baby of 2026 at 9:56 a.m. today. The baby boy was born to Alondra Lizzeth Dehesa Flores and Isrrael Ventura Cortes of Raritan. Jayden weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inches long. He is the couple’s first child.

U.S. News & World Report has rated RWJUH Somerset as “high performing” in maternity care, recognizing that the hospital is well above the national average in the quality of care provided to its patients. In addition, Healthgrades has awarded RWJUH Somerset 5 stars for vaginal deliveries and 5 stars for C-section deliveries.

The hospital’s wide range of services for expectant mothers, newborns and their families includes a Level II Intermediate Care Nursery staffed 24/7 by a board-certified neonatologist and specially trained nurses; a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist available 24/7; 24/7 anesthesiology coverage dedicated to obstetrics; counseling with Maternal-Fetal Medicine staff and a perinatologist; a comprehensive Diabetes Center offering pregnancy and post-partum counseling; a Family Practice Center for prenatal and post-partum care; and childbirth education classes.

For more information about maternity services, expectant parent tours and childbirth education classes at RWJUH Somerset, visit www.rwjbh.org/somerset. For a physician referral, call 1-888-724-7123.

SOMERVILLE, NJ, Jan. 1, 2026 -- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset, an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, welcomed Jayden Mateo Ventura Dehesa as Somerset County’s first baby of 2026 at 9:56 a.m. today. The baby boy was born to Alondra Lizzeth Dehesa Flores and Isrrael Ventura Cortes of Raritan. Jayden weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inches long. He is the couple’s first child.

U.S. News & World Report has rated RWJUH Somerset as “high performing” in maternity care, recognizing that the hospital is well above the national average in the quality of care provided to its patients. In addition, Healthgrades has awarded RWJUH Somerset 5 stars for vaginal deliveries and 5 stars for C-section deliveries.

The hospital’s wide range of services for expectant mothers, newborns and their families includes a Level II Intermediate Care Nursery staffed 24/7 by a board-certified neonatologist and specially trained nurses; a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist available 24/7; 24/7 anesthesiology coverage dedicated to obstetrics; counseling with Maternal-Fetal Medicine staff and a perinatologist; a comprehensive Diabetes Center offering pregnancy and post-partum counseling; a Family Practice Center for prenatal and post-partum care; and childbirth education classes.

For more information about maternity services, expectant parent tours, and childbirth education classes at RWJUH Somerset, visit www.rwjbh.org/somerset. 

For a physician referral, call 1-888-724-7123.

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