PIH Health Whittier Hospital’s first babies of 2024 arrived a minute apart – twins!

Whittier Daily News – Parents Desiree and Esteban Gutierrez welcomed twin baby boys at 4:42 a.m. and 4:43 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1. Twin boys named Enoch and Eliel were the first babies born in 2024 at PIH Health Whittier Hospital in Whittier. Parents Desiree and Esteban Gutierrez welcomed their baby boys at 4:42 a.m. and 4:43 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1. Baby Enoch arrived weighing at 7 lbs. 3 oz., and soon after followed by his brother, Baby Eliel, weighing at 5 lbs. 5 oz. Labor and Delivery staff from PIH Health Whittier congratulated the parents on the new additions to their family, according to a press release. Enoch and Eliel are the sixth and seventh babies for the couple, who live in Whittier.