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Intermountain Health welcomes first newborn baby of 2025

Jan 1, 2025, 1:42 PM | Updated: 5:48 pm

SALT LAKE CITY —  The first two minutes of 2025 were the last of labor for Marygene Hyatt. In the third minute of the new year, Hyatt gave birth to Zyani Tala Hyatt, the first baby Intermountain would welcome in 2025.

It was the second time Zyani’s parents, Hyatt and her husband Bronson Hyatt, paid a visit to the Intermountain Riverton Hospital to deliver a baby. Zyani’s big brother, 4-year-old Bruxs was first.

“When we first told our 4-year-old son, Bruxs that we were having a baby girl, his first reaction was, ‘No, I want a baby brother.’ He thought she would be too small to play with him,” Marygene Hyatt said. “But after a while, he started hugging my belly and reading stories to the baby. He would even tell strangers at the grocery store that he’s going to have a baby sister.”

Zyani’s name was inspired by another word similar that means “gift from God,” Marygene Hyatt said, and it’s similar to her mother’s maiden name. Zyani’s middle name, Tala, means “the goddess of the stars” in her native language, Tagalog.

Marygene Hyatt is from the Samar island province in the Philippines, and went through the steps and studied hard to become a U.S. Citizen in November 2023, the hospital said.

“When I lived in the Phillippines, I had a phobia of hospitals because I had a university classmate who died in childbirth,” she said.

The Hyatts said Zyani was scheduled to arrive via cesarean section on Jan. 16, but Marygene Hyatt went into early labor Tuesday night.

“Last night we went to a movie, did some early fireworks and left for the hospital about 9:30 p.m.,” Bronson Hyatt said.

The couple wasn’t sure what time she would arrive, but the clock ended up making Zyani’s birth a special one. And more importantly, a safe and comfortable one.

“Everyone at Riverton Hospital is so kind and smiling and celebrating with you, and that makes me feel safe, and like I have family here,” Marygene said.

Bronson Hyatt echoed, saying the hospital staff was “super helpful and friendly, and our nurse made us feel comfortable, safe and informed. They were so gentle with Zyani and her big brother Bruxs.”

Intermountain said 2,400 babies were born at Intermountain Riverton Hospital in 2024 — a slight increase from years prior — and in all of Intermountain hospitals, over 26,000 babies were born in Utah.

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