14 Christmas babies

Christmas children

Franziska Maier had her 28th birthday on Christmas Eve - her daughter Lucia also wanted to join in the celebrations and so the birthday girl gave birth to another Christ Child.

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While many spent Christmas Eve under the Christmas tree, for some families in Carinthia this day was probably the biggest celebration. Because 14 Christmas babies were born in the hospitals on December 24th.

Most of the Christmas babies were born at Villach Hospital this year: "Four spread out over the whole day," reports a midwife. Little Mila Kampfer was born punctually on her first due date: "It's a wonderful experience. She's my first child, we're still getting to know each other," smiles proud mom Eda Kampfer. She and her husband Stefan have been three since 11.03 pm. According to a midwife, there were even twins in Villach!

A total of six women gave birth in both Klagenfurt and Lienz: three of the babies were born in Klagenfurt, for example little Rupert Schnedl: "He was born on the 24th at 6.45 a.m.," explains mom Schnedl from Poggersdorf in an interview with "Krone". Three babies also saw the light of day at the district hospital in Lienz.

Little Rupert was born on Christmas Day in Klagenfurt.

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Hajriz, Emir and Duygu-Doganci are now a little family.

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22 hours of labor, but a healthy first child
Only one child came to life in Wolfsberg, but little Emir kept his parents busy for a whole 22 hours: "The contractions started on December 23rd," explains dad Hajriz Halili. Despite minor complications, which ultimately led to a caesarean section, the little family is happy: "It's indescribable to become a father for the first time - we've been together for eight years and married for four. Having a family was the next logical step for us," says the proud dad.

However, the fact that mom Duygu-Doganci had to wait so long for her Emir was not planned: "You just can't choose when the child wants to come." The couple became parents at 3.29 am.

"She came exactly on my birthday"
There were two births at the hospital in Spittal an der Drau. Little Jakob Georg Wittmann was born at 11.51 a.m. on Christmas Day as a healthy baby boy, although the due date was only set for the beginning of January: "We are all very happy, he is our first child," said Mrs. Wittmann to "Krone". Franziska Mayer from Lienz gave birth to a healthy baby girl on December 24th: "It's my first child - and she came exactly on my birthday!" Daughter Lucia was born at 03:49 with 3160 grams. So a Christkindl has given birth to another Christkindl, which dad Christopher Trittinger is also delighted about. And one of the parents at the Barmherzige Brüder hospital in St. Veit can also look forward to a baby Jesus.